diff --git a/cluster.go b/cluster.go
index bd16fe1e..d65fbffc 100644
--- a/cluster.go
+++ b/cluster.go
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) _processPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) erro
 				}
 
 				err = c.pipelineProcessCmds(ctx, node, cn, cmds, failedCmds)
-				node.Client.releaseConnStrict(cn, err)
+				node.Client.releaseConn(cn, err)
 			}(node, cmds)
 		}
 
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ func (c *ClusterClient) _processTxPipeline(ctx context.Context, cmds []Cmder) er
 					}
 
 					err = c.txPipelineProcessCmds(ctx, node, cn, cmds, failedCmds)
-					node.Client.releaseConnStrict(cn, err)
+					node.Client.releaseConn(cn, err)
 				}(node, cmds)
 			}
 
diff --git a/error.go b/error.go
index c0e561dd..0ab014de 100644
--- a/error.go
+++ b/error.go
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ func isRedisError(err error) bool {
 }
 
 func isBadConn(err error, allowTimeout bool) bool {
-	switch err {
-	case nil:
+	if err == nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	if isRedisError(err) {
-		return isReadOnlyError(err) // #790
+		// Close connections in read only state in case domain addr is used
+		// and domain resolves to a different Redis Server. See #790.
+		return isReadOnlyError(err)
 	}
 	if allowTimeout {
 		if netErr, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && netErr.Timeout() {
diff --git a/redis.go b/redis.go
index c7b12ec0..66955763 100644
--- a/redis.go
+++ b/redis.go
@@ -235,18 +235,6 @@ func (c *baseClient) releaseConn(cn *pool.Conn, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *baseClient) releaseConnStrict(cn *pool.Conn, err error) {
-	if c.limiter != nil {
-		c.limiter.ReportResult(err)
-	}
-
-	if err == nil || isRedisError(err) {
-		c.connPool.Put(cn)
-	} else {
-		c.connPool.Remove(cn, err)
-	}
-}
-
 func (c *baseClient) process(ctx context.Context, cmd Cmder) error {
 	for attempt := 0; attempt <= c.opt.MaxRetries; attempt++ {
 		if attempt > 0 {
@@ -351,7 +339,7 @@ func (c *baseClient) generalProcessPipeline(
 		}
 
 		canRetry, err := p(ctx, cn, cmds)
-		c.releaseConnStrict(cn, err)
+		c.releaseConn(cn, err)
 
 		if !canRetry || !isRetryableError(err, true) {
 			break
diff --git a/ring.go b/ring.go
index 30d87d24..5b7a7b92 100644
--- a/ring.go
+++ b/ring.go
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ func (c *Ring) generalProcessPipeline(
 				} else {
 					canRetry, err = shard.Client.pipelineProcessCmds(ctx, cn, cmds)
 				}
-				shard.Client.releaseConnStrict(cn, err)
+				shard.Client.releaseConn(cn, err)
 
 				if canRetry && isRetryableError(err, true) {
 					mu.Lock()