diff --git a/src/encoding/json/encode.go b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
index f085b5a08d76db..2e1f56f88215df 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/encode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/encode.go
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ func Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	buf := append([]byte(nil), e.Bytes()...)
 
-	e.Reset()
 	encodeStatePool.Put(e)
 
 	return buf, nil