diff --git a/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog/jsonfilelog.go b/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog/jsonfilelog.go
index 8ef82bbc33..ebd65f4526 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog/jsonfilelog.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog/jsonfilelog.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/daemon/logger/jsonfilelog/jsonlog"
@@ -21,8 +22,10 @@ const Name = "json-file"
 
 // JSONFileLogger is Logger implementation for default Docker logging.
 type JSONFileLogger struct {
-	writer *loggerutils.LogFile
-	tag    string // tag values requested by the user to log
+	writer      *loggerutils.LogFile
+	tag         string // tag values requested by the user to log
+	extra       json.RawMessage
+	buffersPool sync.Pool
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ func New(info logger.Info) (logger.Logger, error) {
 		attrs["tag"] = tag
 	}
 
-	var extra []byte
+	var extra json.RawMessage
 	if len(attrs) > 0 {
 		var err error
 		extra, err = json.Marshal(attrs)
@@ -95,30 +98,40 @@ func New(info logger.Info) (logger.Logger, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	marshalFunc := func(msg *logger.Message) ([]byte, error) {
-		if err := marshalMessage(msg, extra, buf); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		b := buf.Bytes()
-		buf.Reset()
-		return b, nil
-	}
-
-	writer, err := loggerutils.NewLogFile(info.LogPath, capval, maxFiles, compress, marshalFunc, decodeFunc, 0640, getTailReader)
+	writer, err := loggerutils.NewLogFile(info.LogPath, capval, maxFiles, compress, decodeFunc, 0640, getTailReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return &JSONFileLogger{
-		writer: writer,
-		tag:    tag,
+		writer:      writer,
+		tag:         tag,
+		extra:       extra,
+		buffersPool: makePool(),
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func makePool() sync.Pool {
+	// Every buffer will have to store the same constant json structure and the message
+	// len(`{"log":"","stream:"stdout","time":"2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000000Z"}\n`) = 68
+	// So let's start with a buffer bigger than this
+	const initialBufSize = 128
+
+	return sync.Pool{New: func() interface{} { return bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, initialBufSize)) }}
+}
+
 // Log converts logger.Message to jsonlog.JSONLog and serializes it to file.
 func (l *JSONFileLogger) Log(msg *logger.Message) error {
-	return l.writer.WriteLogEntry(msg)
+	defer logger.PutMessage(msg)
+	buf := l.buffersPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Reset()
+	defer l.buffersPool.Put(buf)
+
+	if err := marshalMessage(msg, l.extra, buf); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return l.writer.WriteLogEntry(msg.Timestamp, buf.Bytes())
 }
 
 func marshalMessage(msg *logger.Message, extra json.RawMessage, buf *bytes.Buffer) error {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/local/local.go b/daemon/logger/local/local.go
index fe1ef083f7..01c9f35a56 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/local/local.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/local/local.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/backend"
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type driver struct {
-	logfile *loggerutils.LogFile
+	logfile     *loggerutils.LogFile
+	buffersPool sync.Pool
 }
 
 // New creates a new local logger
@@ -92,42 +94,34 @@ func New(info logger.Info) (logger.Logger, error) {
 	return newDriver(info.LogPath, cfg)
 }
 
-func makeMarshaller() func(m *logger.Message) ([]byte, error) {
-	buf := make([]byte, initialBufSize)
+func marshal(m *logger.Message, buffer *[]byte) error {
+	proto := logdriver.LogEntry{}
+	md := logdriver.PartialLogEntryMetadata{}
 
-	// allocate the partial log entry separately, which allows for easier re-use
-	proto := &logdriver.LogEntry{}
-	md := &logdriver.PartialLogEntryMetadata{}
+	resetProto(&proto)
 
-	return func(m *logger.Message) ([]byte, error) {
-		resetProto(proto)
+	messageToProto(m, &proto, &md)
+	protoSize := proto.Size()
+	writeLen := protoSize + (2 * encodeBinaryLen) // + len(messageDelimiter)
 
-		messageToProto(m, proto, md)
-		protoSize := proto.Size()
-		writeLen := protoSize + (2 * encodeBinaryLen) // + len(messageDelimiter)
-
-		if writeLen > len(buf) {
-			buf = make([]byte, writeLen)
-		} else {
-			// shrink the buffer back down
-			if writeLen <= initialBufSize {
-				buf = buf[:initialBufSize]
-			} else {
-				buf = buf[:writeLen]
-			}
-		}
-
-		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[:encodeBinaryLen], uint32(protoSize))
-		n, err := proto.MarshalTo(buf[encodeBinaryLen:writeLen])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling log entry")
-		}
-		if n+(encodeBinaryLen*2) != writeLen {
-			return nil, io.ErrShortWrite
-		}
-		binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[writeLen-encodeBinaryLen:writeLen], uint32(protoSize))
-		return buf[:writeLen], nil
+	buf := *buffer
+	if writeLen > cap(buf) {
+		buf = make([]byte, writeLen)
+	} else {
+		buf = buf[:writeLen]
 	}
+	*buffer = buf
+
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[:encodeBinaryLen], uint32(protoSize))
+	n, err := proto.MarshalTo(buf[encodeBinaryLen:writeLen])
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling log entry")
+	}
+	if n+(encodeBinaryLen*2) != writeLen {
+		return io.ErrShortWrite
+	}
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[writeLen-encodeBinaryLen:writeLen], uint32(protoSize))
+	return nil
 }
 
 func newDriver(logPath string, cfg *CreateConfig) (logger.Logger, error) {
@@ -135,12 +129,16 @@ func newDriver(logPath string, cfg *CreateConfig) (logger.Logger, error) {
 		return nil, errdefs.InvalidParameter(err)
 	}
 
-	lf, err := loggerutils.NewLogFile(logPath, cfg.MaxFileSize, cfg.MaxFileCount, !cfg.DisableCompression, makeMarshaller(), decodeFunc, 0640, getTailReader)
+	lf, err := loggerutils.NewLogFile(logPath, cfg.MaxFileSize, cfg.MaxFileCount, !cfg.DisableCompression, decodeFunc, 0640, getTailReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &driver{
 		logfile: lf,
+		buffersPool: sync.Pool{New: func() interface{} {
+			b := make([]byte, initialBufSize)
+			return &b
+		}},
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +147,15 @@ func (d *driver) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (d *driver) Log(msg *logger.Message) error {
-	return d.logfile.WriteLogEntry(msg)
+	defer logger.PutMessage(msg)
+	buf := d.buffersPool.Get().(*[]byte)
+	defer d.buffersPool.Put(buf)
+
+	err := marshal(msg, buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error marshalling logger.Message")
+	}
+	return d.logfile.WriteLogEntry(msg.Timestamp, *buf)
 }
 
 func (d *driver) Close() error {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/local/read_test.go b/daemon/logger/local/read_test.go
index 4dd5f2043a..23dac2ac68 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/local/read_test.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/local/read_test.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestDecode(t *testing.T) {
-	marshal := makeMarshaller()
+	buf := make([]byte, 0)
 
-	buf, err := marshal(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello")})
+	err := marshal(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello")}, &buf)
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(buf); i++ {
diff --git a/daemon/logger/logger.go b/daemon/logger/logger.go
index 05ea1b3af0..480932cd03 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/logger.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/logger.go
@@ -131,6 +131,3 @@ type Capability struct {
 	// Determines if a log driver can read back logs
 	ReadLogs bool
 }
-
-// MarshalFunc is a func that marshals a message into an arbitrary format
-type MarshalFunc func(*Message) ([]byte, error)
diff --git a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile.go b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile.go
index 516b1dacec..decd2dfb34 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ type LogFile struct {
 
 	// Log file codec
 
-	marshal       logger.MarshalFunc
 	createDecoder MakeDecoderFn
 	getTailReader GetTailReaderFunc
 
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ type readAtCloser interface {
 type GetTailReaderFunc func(ctx context.Context, f SizeReaderAt, nLogLines int) (rdr io.Reader, nLines int, err error)
 
 // NewLogFile creates new LogFile
-func NewLogFile(logPath string, capacity int64, maxFiles int, compress bool, marshaller logger.MarshalFunc, decodeFunc MakeDecoderFn, perms os.FileMode, getTailReader GetTailReaderFunc) (*LogFile, error) {
+func NewLogFile(logPath string, capacity int64, maxFiles int, compress bool, decodeFunc MakeDecoderFn, perms os.FileMode, getTailReader GetTailReaderFunc) (*LogFile, error) {
 	log, err := openFile(logPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, perms)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ func NewLogFile(logPath string, capacity int64, maxFiles int, compress bool, mar
 		maxFiles:      maxFiles,
 		compress:      compress,
 		decompress:    newSharedTempFileConverter(decompress),
-		marshal:       marshaller,
 		createDecoder: decodeFunc,
 		perms:         perms,
 		getTailReader: getTailReader,
@@ -158,16 +156,7 @@ func NewLogFile(logPath string, capacity int64, maxFiles int, compress bool, mar
 
 // WriteLogEntry writes the provided log message to the current log file.
 // This may trigger a rotation event if the max file/capacity limits are hit.
-func (w *LogFile) WriteLogEntry(msg *logger.Message) error {
-	b, err := w.marshal(msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "error marshalling log message")
-	}
-
-	ts := msg.Timestamp
-	logger.PutMessage(msg)
-	msg = nil // Turn use-after-put bugs into panics.
-
+func (w *LogFile) WriteLogEntry(timestamp time.Time, marshalled []byte) error {
 	select {
 	case <-w.closed:
 		return errors.New("cannot write because the output file was closed")
@@ -183,12 +172,12 @@ func (w *LogFile) WriteLogEntry(msg *logger.Message) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	n, err := w.f.Write(b)
+	n, err := w.f.Write(marshalled)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error writing log entry")
 	}
 	w.pos.size += int64(n)
-	w.lastTimestamp = ts
+	w.lastTimestamp = timestamp
 
 	// Notify any waiting readers that there is a new log entry to read.
 	st := <-w.read
diff --git a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile_test.go b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile_test.go
index df3d0a1226..f6edb38692 100644
--- a/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile_test.go
+++ b/daemon/logger/loggerutils/logfile_test.go
@@ -120,15 +120,11 @@ func TestCheckCapacityAndRotate(t *testing.T) {
 	createDecoder := func(io.Reader) Decoder {
 		return dummyDecoder{}
 	}
-	marshal := func(msg *logger.Message) ([]byte, error) {
-		return msg.Line, nil
-	}
 	l, err := NewLogFile(
 		logPath,
 		5,    // capacity
 		3,    // maxFiles
 		true, // compress
-		marshal,
 		createDecoder,
 		0600, // perms
 		getTailReader,
@@ -138,14 +134,16 @@ func TestCheckCapacityAndRotate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ls := dirStringer{dir}
 
-	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world!")}))
+	timestamp := time.Time{}
+
+	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world!")))
 	_, err = os.Stat(logPath + ".1")
 	assert.Assert(t, os.IsNotExist(err), ls)
 
-	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world!")}))
+	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world!")))
 	poll.WaitOn(t, checkFileExists(logPath+".1.gz"), poll.WithDelay(time.Millisecond), poll.WithTimeout(30*time.Second))
 
-	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world!")}))
+	assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world!")))
 	poll.WaitOn(t, checkFileExists(logPath+".1.gz"), poll.WithDelay(time.Millisecond), poll.WithTimeout(30*time.Second))
 	poll.WaitOn(t, checkFileExists(logPath+".2.gz"), poll.WithDelay(time.Millisecond), poll.WithTimeout(30*time.Second))
 
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ func TestCheckCapacityAndRotate(t *testing.T) {
 		// down the line.
 		// We want to make sure that we can recover in the case that `l.f` was closed while attempting a rotation.
 		l.f.Close()
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world!")}))
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world!")))
 		assert.NilError(t, os.Remove(logPath+".2.gz"))
 	})
 
@@ -163,14 +161,14 @@ func TestCheckCapacityAndRotate(t *testing.T) {
 		lw := l.ReadLogs(logger.ReadConfig{Follow: true, Tail: 1000})
 		defer lw.ConsumerGone()
 
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world 0!")}), ls)
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world 0!")), ls)
 		// make sure the log reader is primed
 		waitForMsg(t, lw, 30*time.Second)
 
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world 1!")}), ls)
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world 2!")}), ls)
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world 3!")}), ls)
-		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(&logger.Message{Line: []byte("hello world 4!")}), ls)
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world 1!")), ls)
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world 2!")), ls)
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world 3!")), ls)
+		assert.NilError(t, l.WriteLogEntry(timestamp, []byte("hello world 4!")), ls)
 		poll.WaitOn(t, checkFileExists(logPath+".2.gz"), poll.WithDelay(time.Millisecond), poll.WithTimeout(30*time.Second))
 	})
 }