diff --git a/internal/pool/pool.go b/internal/pool/pool.go
index bef000ea..a4e65084 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool.go
@@ -140,47 +140,6 @@ func (p *ConnPool) lastDialError() error {
 	return p._lastDialError.Load().(error)
 }
 
-func (p *ConnPool) PopFree() *Conn {
-	select {
-	case p.queue <- struct{}{}:
-	default:
-		timer := timers.Get().(*time.Timer)
-		timer.Reset(p.opt.PoolTimeout)
-
-		select {
-		case p.queue <- struct{}{}:
-			if !timer.Stop() {
-				<-timer.C
-			}
-			timers.Put(timer)
-		case <-timer.C:
-			timers.Put(timer)
-			atomic.AddUint32(&p.stats.Timeouts, 1)
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-
-	p.freeConnsMu.Lock()
-	cn := p.popFree()
-	p.freeConnsMu.Unlock()
-
-	if cn == nil {
-		<-p.queue
-	}
-	return cn
-}
-
-func (p *ConnPool) popFree() *Conn {
-	if len(p.freeConns) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	idx := len(p.freeConns) - 1
-	cn := p.freeConns[idx]
-	p.freeConns = p.freeConns[:idx]
-	return cn
-}
-
 // Get returns existed connection from the pool or creates a new one.
 func (p *ConnPool) Get() (*Conn, bool, error) {
 	if p.closed() {
@@ -235,6 +194,17 @@ func (p *ConnPool) Get() (*Conn, bool, error) {
 	return newcn, true, nil
 }
 
+func (p *ConnPool) popFree() *Conn {
+	if len(p.freeConns) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	idx := len(p.freeConns) - 1
+	cn := p.freeConns[idx]
+	p.freeConns = p.freeConns[:idx]
+	return cn
+}
+
 func (p *ConnPool) Put(cn *Conn) error {
 	if data := cn.Rd.PeekBuffered(); data != nil {
 		internal.Logf("connection has unread data: %q", data)
@@ -303,17 +273,28 @@ func (p *ConnPool) closed() bool {
 	return atomic.LoadUint32(&p._closed) == 1
 }
 
+func (p *ConnPool) Filter(fn func(*Conn) bool) error {
+	var firstErr error
+	p.connsMu.Lock()
+	for _, cn := range p.conns {
+		if fn(cn) {
+			if err := p.closeConn(cn); err != nil && firstErr == nil {
+				firstErr = err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	p.connsMu.Unlock()
+	return firstErr
+}
+
 func (p *ConnPool) Close() error {
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&p._closed, 0, 1) {
 		return ErrClosed
 	}
 
-	p.connsMu.Lock()
 	var firstErr error
+	p.connsMu.Lock()
 	for _, cn := range p.conns {
-		if cn == nil {
-			continue
-		}
 		if err := p.closeConn(cn); err != nil && firstErr == nil {
 			firstErr = err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/pool/pool_test.go b/internal/pool/pool_test.go
index f86327a4..68c9a1be 100644
--- a/internal/pool/pool_test.go
+++ b/internal/pool/pool_test.go
@@ -238,30 +238,4 @@ var _ = Describe("race", func() {
 			}
 		})
 	})
-
-	It("does not happen on Get and PopFree", func() {
-		connPool = pool.NewConnPool(
-			&pool.Options{
-				Dialer:             dummyDialer,
-				PoolSize:           10,
-				PoolTimeout:        time.Minute,
-				IdleTimeout:        time.Second,
-				IdleCheckFrequency: time.Millisecond,
-			})
-
-		perform(C, func(id int) {
-			for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
-				cn, _, err := connPool.Get()
-				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				if err == nil {
-					Expect(connPool.Put(cn)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				}
-
-				cn = connPool.PopFree()
-				if cn != nil {
-					Expect(connPool.Put(cn)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	})
 })
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 7c5a6a96..30f09c61 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ var cluster = &clusterScenario{
 	clients:   make(map[string]*redis.Client, 6),
 }
 
+func init() {
+	//redis.SetLogger(log.New(os.Stderr, "redis: ", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile))
+}
+
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 	var err error
 
diff --git a/pubsub.go b/pubsub.go
index 19016b9d..4872b4e8 100644
--- a/pubsub.go
+++ b/pubsub.go
@@ -19,54 +19,53 @@ import (
 type PubSub struct {
 	base baseClient
 
-	mu     sync.Mutex
-	cn     *pool.Conn
-	closed bool
-
-	subMu    sync.Mutex
+	mu       sync.Mutex
+	cn       *pool.Conn
 	channels []string
 	patterns []string
+	closed   bool
 
 	cmd *Cmd
 }
 
-func (c *PubSub) conn() (*pool.Conn, bool, error) {
+func (c *PubSub) conn() (*pool.Conn, error) {
 	c.mu.Lock()
-	defer c.mu.Unlock()
+	cn, err := c._conn()
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	return cn, err
+}
 
+func (c *PubSub) _conn() (*pool.Conn, error) {
 	if c.closed {
-		return nil, false, pool.ErrClosed
+		return nil, pool.ErrClosed
 	}
 
 	if c.cn != nil {
-		return c.cn, false, nil
+		return c.cn, nil
 	}
 
 	cn, err := c.base.connPool.NewConn()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, false, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	if !cn.Inited {
 		if err := c.base.initConn(cn); err != nil {
 			_ = c.base.connPool.CloseConn(cn)
-			return nil, false, err
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
 	if err := c.resubscribe(cn); err != nil {
 		_ = c.base.connPool.CloseConn(cn)
-		return nil, false, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	c.cn = cn
-	return cn, true, nil
+	return cn, nil
 }
 
 func (c *PubSub) resubscribe(cn *pool.Conn) error {
-	c.subMu.Lock()
-	defer c.subMu.Unlock()
-
 	var firstErr error
 	if len(c.channels) > 0 {
 		if err := c._subscribe(cn, "subscribe", c.channels...); err != nil && firstErr == nil {
@@ -81,6 +80,18 @@ func (c *PubSub) resubscribe(cn *pool.Conn) error {
 	return firstErr
 }
 
+func (c *PubSub) _subscribe(cn *pool.Conn, redisCmd string, channels ...string) error {
+	args := make([]interface{}, 1+len(channels))
+	args[0] = redisCmd
+	for i, channel := range channels {
+		args[1+i] = channel
+	}
+	cmd := NewSliceCmd(args...)
+
+	cn.SetWriteTimeout(c.base.opt.WriteTimeout)
+	return writeCmd(cn, cmd)
+}
+
 func (c *PubSub) putConn(cn *pool.Conn, err error) {
 	if !internal.IsBadConn(err, true) {
 		return
@@ -114,67 +125,55 @@ func (c *PubSub) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *PubSub) subscribe(redisCmd string, channels ...string) error {
-	cn, isNew, err := c.conn()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if isNew {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err = c._subscribe(cn, redisCmd, channels...)
-	c.putConn(cn, err)
-	return err
-}
-
-func (c *PubSub) _subscribe(cn *pool.Conn, redisCmd string, channels ...string) error {
-	args := make([]interface{}, 1+len(channels))
-	args[0] = redisCmd
-	for i, channel := range channels {
-		args[1+i] = channel
-	}
-	cmd := NewSliceCmd(args...)
-
-	cn.SetWriteTimeout(c.base.opt.WriteTimeout)
-	return writeCmd(cn, cmd)
-}
-
 // Subscribes the client to the specified channels. It returns
 // empty subscription if there are no channels.
 func (c *PubSub) Subscribe(channels ...string) error {
-	c.subMu.Lock()
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	err := c.subscribe("subscribe", channels...)
 	c.channels = appendIfNotExists(c.channels, channels...)
-	c.subMu.Unlock()
-	return c.subscribe("subscribe", channels...)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Subscribes the client to the given patterns. It returns
 // empty subscription if there are no patterns.
 func (c *PubSub) PSubscribe(patterns ...string) error {
-	c.subMu.Lock()
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	err := c.subscribe("psubscribe", patterns...)
 	c.patterns = appendIfNotExists(c.patterns, patterns...)
-	c.subMu.Unlock()
-	return c.subscribe("psubscribe", patterns...)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Unsubscribes the client from the given channels, or from all of
 // them if none is given.
 func (c *PubSub) Unsubscribe(channels ...string) error {
-	c.subMu.Lock()
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	err := c.subscribe("unsubscribe", channels...)
 	c.channels = remove(c.channels, channels...)
-	c.subMu.Unlock()
-	return c.subscribe("unsubscribe", channels...)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	return err
 }
 
 // Unsubscribes the client from the given patterns, or from all of
 // them if none is given.
 func (c *PubSub) PUnsubscribe(patterns ...string) error {
-	c.subMu.Lock()
+	c.mu.Lock()
+	err := c.subscribe("punsubscribe", patterns...)
 	c.patterns = remove(c.patterns, patterns...)
-	c.subMu.Unlock()
-	return c.subscribe("punsubscribe", patterns...)
+	c.mu.Unlock()
+	return err
+}
+
+func (c *PubSub) subscribe(redisCmd string, channels ...string) error {
+	cn, err := c._conn()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = c._subscribe(cn, redisCmd, channels...)
+	c.putConn(cn, err)
+	return err
 }
 
 func (c *PubSub) Ping(payload ...string) error {
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ func (c *PubSub) Ping(payload ...string) error {
 	}
 	cmd := NewCmd(args...)
 
-	cn, _, err := c.conn()
+	cn, err := c.conn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ func (c *PubSub) ReceiveTimeout(timeout time.Duration) (interface{}, error) {
 		c.cmd = NewCmd()
 	}
 
-	cn, _, err := c.conn()
+	cn, err := c.conn()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/sentinel.go b/sentinel.go
index b28c3706..ed6e7ffb 100644
--- a/sentinel.go
+++ b/sentinel.go
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ func (c *sentinelClient) Sentinels(name string) *SliceCmd {
 }
 
 type sentinelFailover struct {
-	masterName    string
 	sentinelAddrs []string
 
 	opt *Options
@@ -140,8 +139,10 @@ type sentinelFailover struct {
 	pool     *pool.ConnPool
 	poolOnce sync.Once
 
-	mu       sync.RWMutex
-	sentinel *sentinelClient
+	mu          sync.RWMutex
+	masterName  string
+	_masterAddr string
+	sentinel    *sentinelClient
 }
 
 func (d *sentinelFailover) Close() error {
@@ -168,17 +169,30 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) MasterAddr() (string, error) {
 	d.mu.Lock()
 	defer d.mu.Unlock()
 
+	addr, err := d.masterAddr()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	if d._masterAddr != addr {
+		d.switchMaster(addr)
+	}
+
+	return addr, nil
+}
+
+func (d *sentinelFailover) masterAddr() (string, error) {
 	// Try last working sentinel.
 	if d.sentinel != nil {
 		addr, err := d.sentinel.GetMasterAddrByName(d.masterName).Result()
-		if err != nil {
-			internal.Logf("sentinel: GetMasterAddrByName %q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
-			d._resetSentinel()
-		} else {
+		if err == nil {
 			addr := net.JoinHostPort(addr[0], addr[1])
-			internal.Logf("sentinel: %q addr is %s", d.masterName, addr)
+			internal.Logf("sentinel: master=%q addr=%q", d.masterName, addr)
 			return addr, nil
 		}
+
+		internal.Logf("sentinel: GetMasterAddrByName name=%q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
+		d._resetSentinel()
 	}
 
 	for i, sentinelAddr := range d.sentinelAddrs {
@@ -193,25 +207,36 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) MasterAddr() (string, error) {
 			PoolTimeout: d.opt.PoolTimeout,
 			IdleTimeout: d.opt.IdleTimeout,
 		})
+
 		masterAddr, err := sentinel.GetMasterAddrByName(d.masterName).Result()
 		if err != nil {
-			internal.Logf("sentinel: GetMasterAddrByName %q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
+			internal.Logf("sentinel: GetMasterAddrByName master=%q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
 			sentinel.Close()
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// Push working sentinel to the top.
 		d.sentinelAddrs[0], d.sentinelAddrs[i] = d.sentinelAddrs[i], d.sentinelAddrs[0]
-
 		d.setSentinel(sentinel)
+
 		addr := net.JoinHostPort(masterAddr[0], masterAddr[1])
-		internal.Logf("sentinel: %q addr is %s", d.masterName, addr)
 		return addr, nil
 	}
 
 	return "", errors.New("redis: all sentinels are unreachable")
 }
 
+func (d *sentinelFailover) switchMaster(masterAddr string) {
+	internal.Logf(
+		"sentinel: new master=%q addr=%q",
+		d.masterName, masterAddr,
+	)
+	_ = d.Pool().Filter(func(cn *pool.Conn) bool {
+		return cn.RemoteAddr().String() != masterAddr
+	})
+	d._masterAddr = masterAddr
+}
+
 func (d *sentinelFailover) setSentinel(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 	d.discoverSentinels(sentinel)
 	d.sentinel = sentinel
@@ -219,25 +244,25 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) setSentinel(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 }
 
 func (d *sentinelFailover) resetSentinel() error {
+	var err error
 	d.mu.Lock()
-	err := d._resetSentinel()
+	if d.sentinel != nil {
+		err = d._resetSentinel()
+	}
 	d.mu.Unlock()
 	return err
 }
 
 func (d *sentinelFailover) _resetSentinel() error {
-	var err error
-	if d.sentinel != nil {
-		err = d.sentinel.Close()
-		d.sentinel = nil
-	}
+	err := d.sentinel.Close()
+	d.sentinel = nil
 	return err
 }
 
 func (d *sentinelFailover) discoverSentinels(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 	sentinels, err := sentinel.Sentinels(d.masterName).Result()
 	if err != nil {
-		internal.Logf("sentinel: Sentinels %q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
+		internal.Logf("sentinel: Sentinels master=%q failed: %s", d.masterName, err)
 		return
 	}
 	for _, sentinel := range sentinels {
@@ -248,8 +273,8 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) discoverSentinels(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 				sentinelAddr := vals[i+1].(string)
 				if !contains(d.sentinelAddrs, sentinelAddr) {
 					internal.Logf(
-						"sentinel: discovered new %q sentinel: %s",
-						d.masterName, sentinelAddr,
+						"sentinel: discovered new sentinel=%q for master=%q",
+						sentinelAddr, d.masterName,
 					)
 					d.sentinelAddrs = append(d.sentinelAddrs, sentinelAddr)
 				}
@@ -258,34 +283,6 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) discoverSentinels(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 	}
 }
 
-// closeOldConns closes connections to the old master after failover switch.
-func (d *sentinelFailover) closeOldConns(newMaster string) {
-	// Good connections that should be put back to the pool. They
-	// can't be put immediately, because pool.PopFree will return them
-	// again on next iteration.
-	cnsToPut := make([]*pool.Conn, 0)
-
-	for {
-		cn := d.pool.PopFree()
-		if cn == nil {
-			break
-		}
-		if cn.RemoteAddr().String() != newMaster {
-			internal.Logf(
-				"sentinel: closing connection to the old master %s",
-				cn.RemoteAddr(),
-			)
-			d.pool.Remove(cn)
-		} else {
-			cnsToPut = append(cnsToPut, cn)
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, cn := range cnsToPut {
-		d.pool.Put(cn)
-	}
-}
-
 func (d *sentinelFailover) listen(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 	var pubsub *PubSub
 	for {
@@ -312,17 +309,16 @@ func (d *sentinelFailover) listen(sentinel *sentinelClient) {
 		case "+switch-master":
 			parts := strings.Split(msg.Payload, " ")
 			if parts[0] != d.masterName {
-				internal.Logf("sentinel: ignore new %s addr", parts[0])
+				internal.Logf("sentinel: ignore addr for master=%q", parts[0])
 				continue
 			}
-
 			addr := net.JoinHostPort(parts[3], parts[4])
-			internal.Logf(
-				"sentinel: new %q addr is %s",
-				d.masterName, addr,
-			)
 
-			d.closeOldConns(addr)
+			d.mu.Lock()
+			if d._masterAddr != addr {
+				d.switchMaster(addr)
+			}
+			d.mu.Unlock()
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/sentinel_test.go b/sentinel_test.go
index f1f580f3..c67713cd 100644
--- a/sentinel_test.go
+++ b/sentinel_test.go
@@ -23,15 +23,19 @@ var _ = Describe("Sentinel", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("should facilitate failover", func() {
-		// Set value on master, verify
+		// Set value on master.
 		err := client.Set("foo", "master", 0).Err()
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
+		// Verify.
 		val, err := sentinelMaster.Get("foo").Result()
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 		Expect(val).To(Equal("master"))
 
-		// Wait until replicated
+		// Create subscription.
+		ch := client.Subscribe("foo").Channel()
+
+		// Wait until replicated.
 		Eventually(func() string {
 			return sentinelSlave1.Get("foo").Val()
 		}, "1s", "100ms").Should(Equal("master"))
@@ -59,6 +63,15 @@ var _ = Describe("Sentinel", func() {
 		Eventually(func() error {
 			return client.Get("foo").Err()
 		}, "5s", "100ms").ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		// Publish message to check if subscription is renewed.
+		err = client.Publish("foo", "hello").Err()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		var msg *redis.Message
+		Eventually(ch).Should(Receive(&msg))
+		Expect(msg.Channel).To(Equal("foo"))
+		Expect(msg.Payload).To(Equal("hello"))
 	})
 
 	It("supports DB selection", func() {