diff --git a/http2/frame_test.go b/http2/frame_test.go
index 86e5d4f80..cd5842ba4 100644
--- a/http2/frame_test.go
+++ b/http2/frame_test.go
@@ -1258,3 +1258,20 @@ func TestSettingsDuplicates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func BenchmarkParseDataFrames(b *testing.B) {
+	fr, _ := testFramer()
+	fr.SetReuseFrames()
+	payload := []byte("foo")
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		parseDataFrame(fr.frameCache, FrameHeader{StreamID: 3}, func(s string) {}, payload)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkParseDataFramesWithoutReuse(b *testing.B) {
+	fr, _ := testFramer()
+	payload := []byte("foo")
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		parseDataFrame(fr.frameCache, FrameHeader{StreamID: 3}, func(s string) {}, payload)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/http2/server.go b/http2/server.go
index 6c349f3ec..86b78c7ec 100644
--- a/http2/server.go
+++ b/http2/server.go
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ func (s *Server) serveConn(c net.Conn, opts *ServeConnOpts, newf func(*serverCon
 	sc.hpackEncoder.SetMaxDynamicTableSizeLimit(s.maxEncoderHeaderTableSize())
 
 	fr := NewFramer(sc.bw, c)
+	fr.SetReuseFrames()
 	if s.CountError != nil {
 		fr.countError = s.CountError
 	}
diff --git a/http2/transport.go b/http2/transport.go
index 61f511f97..64c38c5f3 100644
--- a/http2/transport.go
+++ b/http2/transport.go
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ func (t *Transport) newClientConn(c net.Conn, singleUse bool) (*ClientConn, erro
 	})
 	cc.br = bufio.NewReader(c)
 	cc.fr = NewFramer(cc.bw, cc.br)
+	cc.fr.SetReuseFrames()
 	if t.maxFrameReadSize() != 0 {
 		cc.fr.SetMaxReadFrameSize(t.maxFrameReadSize())
 	}