diff --git a/db/etl/buffers.go b/db/etl/buffers.go
index f62144a8363..09e01ca0566 100644
--- a/db/etl/buffers.go
+++ b/db/etl/buffers.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/c2h5oh/datasize"
+
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/common/dbg"
 
 	"github.com/erigontech/erigon/common"
@@ -48,17 +49,13 @@ var BufferOptimalSize = dbg.EnvDataSize("ETL_OPTIMAL", 256*datasize.MB) /*  var
 
 // 3_domains * 2 + 3_history * 1 + 4_indices * 2 = 17 etl collectors, 17*(256Mb/8) = 512Mb - for all collectros
 var etlSmallBufRAM = dbg.EnvDataSize("ETL_SMALL", BufferOptimalSize/8)
-var SmallSortableBuffers = NewAllocator(&sync.Pool{
-	New: func() any {
-		return NewSortableBuffer(etlSmallBufRAM).Prealloc(1_024, int(etlSmallBufRAM/32))
-	},
-})
 var etlLargeBufRAM = BufferOptimalSize
 var LargeSortableBuffers = NewAllocator(&sync.Pool{
 	New: func() any {
 		return NewSortableBuffer(etlLargeBufRAM).Prealloc(1_024, int(etlLargeBufRAM/32))
 	},
 })
+var SmallSortableBuffers = LargeSortableBuffers
 
 type Buffer interface {
 	// Put does copy `k` and `v`