diff --git a/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.c b/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.c
index cdb526f34..76506e42c 100644
--- a/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.c
+++ b/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.c
@@ -181,21 +181,22 @@ ngx_proxy_wasm_start(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
 
 
 ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *
-ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(ngx_pool_t *pool)
+ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(ngx_log_t *log)
 {
+    ngx_pool_t            *pool;
     ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t  *pwctx;
 
-    pwctx = ngx_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t));
-    if (pwctx == NULL) {
+    pool = ngx_create_pool(512, log);
+    if (pool == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    pwctx->pool = ngx_create_pool(512, pool->log);
-    if (pwctx->pool == NULL) {
+    pwctx = ngx_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t));
+    if (pwctx == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    pwctx->parent_pool = pool;
+    pwctx->pool = pool;
 
     ngx_rbtree_init(&pwctx->host_props_tree, &pwctx->host_props_sentinel,
                     ngx_str_rbtree_insert_value);
@@ -399,8 +400,6 @@ ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_destroy(ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *pwctx)
 #endif
 
     ngx_destroy_pool(pwctx->pool);
-
-    ngx_pfree(pwctx->parent_pool, pwctx);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.h b/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.h
index 6dbce7237..8e362d5f1 100644
--- a/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.h
+++ b/src/common/proxy_wasm/ngx_proxy_wasm.h
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ ngx_int_t ngx_proxy_wasm_start(ngx_cycle_t *cycle);
 
 
 /* stream context */
-ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(ngx_pool_t *pool);
+ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(ngx_log_t *log);
 ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx(ngx_uint_t *filter_ids,
     size_t nfilters, ngx_uint_t isolation, ngx_proxy_wasm_subsystem_t *subsys,
     void *data);
diff --git a/src/http/proxy_wasm/ngx_http_proxy_wasm.c b/src/http/proxy_wasm/ngx_http_proxy_wasm.c
index 92cea0bc4..7acca3ddc 100644
--- a/src/http/proxy_wasm/ngx_http_proxy_wasm.c
+++ b/src/http/proxy_wasm/ngx_http_proxy_wasm.c
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ecode(ngx_proxy_wasm_err_e ecode)
 }
 
 
+#if 0
 static void
 ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx_cleanup_handler(void *data)
 {
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx_cleanup_handler(void *data)
 
     ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_destroy(pwctx);
 }
+#endif
 
 
 static ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *
@@ -362,15 +364,21 @@ ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx(void *data)
     ngx_http_wasm_req_ctx_t   *rctx = data;
     ngx_http_request_t        *r = rctx->r;
     ngx_http_wasm_loc_conf_t  *loc;
+#if 0
     ngx_pool_cleanup_t        *cln;
+#endif
 
     loc = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_wasm_module);
 
     pwctx = (ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_t *) rctx->data;
     if (pwctx == NULL) {
+#if 0
         pwctx = ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(r == r->main
                                          ? r->connection->pool
                                          : r->pool);
+#else
+        pwctx = ngx_proxy_wasm_ctx_alloc(r->connection->log);
+#endif
         if (pwctx == NULL) {
             return NULL;
         }
@@ -385,6 +393,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx(void *data)
         /* for on_request_body retrieval */
         rctx->data = pwctx;
 
+#if 0
         if (rctx->fake_request) {
             cln = ngx_pool_cleanup_add(pwctx->parent_pool, 0);
             if (cln == NULL) {
@@ -394,6 +403,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx(void *data)
             cln->handler = ngx_http_proxy_wasm_ctx_cleanup_handler;
             cln->data = pwctx;
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     return pwctx;