diff --git a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
index f91798e99e9949..aca98bb4b45996 100644
--- a/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
+++ b/streamer/src/nonblocking/quic.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use {
     solana_keypair::Keypair,
     solana_measure::measure::Measure,
     solana_packet::{Meta, PACKET_DATA_SIZE},
-    solana_perf::packet::{PacketBatch, PACKETS_PER_BATCH},
+    solana_perf::packet::{PacketBatch, PacketBatchRecycler, PACKETS_PER_BATCH},
     solana_pubkey::Pubkey,
     solana_quic_definitions::{
         QUIC_CONNECTION_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT, QUIC_MAX_STAKED_CONCURRENT_STREAMS,
@@ -888,10 +888,12 @@ async fn packet_batch_sender(
     coalesce: Duration,
 ) {
     trace!("enter packet_batch_sender");
+    let recycler = PacketBatchRecycler::default();
     let mut batch_start_time = Instant::now();
     loop {
         let mut packet_perf_measure: Vec<([u8; 64], Instant)> = Vec::default();
-        let mut packet_batch = PacketBatch::with_capacity(PACKETS_PER_BATCH);
+        let mut packet_batch =
+            PacketBatch::new_with_recycler(&recycler, PACKETS_PER_BATCH, "quic_packet_coalescer");
         let mut total_bytes: usize = 0;
 
         stats