diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
index bae173da..e26c3f2f 100644
--- a/pool.go
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"gopkg.in/bsm/ratelimit.v1"
 	"gopkg.in/bufio.v1"
 )
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ func (cn *conn) isIdle(timeout time.Duration) bool {
 
 type connPool struct {
 	dial func() (*conn, error)
-	rl   *rateLimiter
+	rl   *ratelimit.RateLimiter
 
 	opt   *options
 	conns chan *conn
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ type connPool struct {
 func newConnPool(dial func() (*conn, error), opt *options) *connPool {
 	return &connPool{
 		dial: dial,
-		rl:   newRateLimiter(time.Second, 2*opt.PoolSize),
+		rl:   ratelimit.New(2*opt.PoolSize, time.Second),
 
 		opt:   opt,
 		conns: make(chan *conn, opt.PoolSize),
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ func (p *connPool) wait() (*conn, error) {
 
 // Establish a new connection
 func (p *connPool) new() (*conn, error) {
-	if !p.rl.Check() {
+	if p.rl.Limit() {
 		err := fmt.Errorf(
 			"redis: you open connections too fast (last error: %v)",
 			p.lastDialErr,
@@ -257,7 +258,6 @@ func (p *connPool) Close() (err error) {
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&p.closed, 0, 1) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	p.rl.Close()
 
 	for {
 		if p.Size() < 1 {
diff --git a/rate_limit.go b/rate_limit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 20d85127..00000000
--- a/rate_limit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-package redis
-
-import (
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"time"
-)
-
-type rateLimiter struct {
-	v int64
-
-	_closed int64
-}
-
-func newRateLimiter(limit time.Duration, bucketSize int) *rateLimiter {
-	rl := &rateLimiter{
-		v: int64(bucketSize),
-	}
-	go rl.loop(limit, int64(bucketSize))
-	return rl
-}
-
-func (rl *rateLimiter) loop(limit time.Duration, bucketSize int64) {
-	for {
-		if rl.closed() {
-			break
-		}
-		if v := atomic.LoadInt64(&rl.v); v < bucketSize {
-			atomic.AddInt64(&rl.v, 1)
-		}
-		time.Sleep(limit)
-	}
-}
-
-func (rl *rateLimiter) Check() bool {
-	for {
-		if v := atomic.LoadInt64(&rl.v); v > 0 {
-			if atomic.CompareAndSwapInt64(&rl.v, v, v-1) {
-				return true
-			}
-		} else {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (rl *rateLimiter) Close() error {
-	atomic.StoreInt64(&rl._closed, 1)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (rl *rateLimiter) closed() bool {
-	return atomic.LoadInt64(&rl._closed) == 1
-}
diff --git a/rate_limit_test.go b/rate_limit_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3febbaeb..00000000
--- a/rate_limit_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package redis
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-var _ = Describe("RateLimiter", func() {
-	var n = 100000
-	if testing.Short() {
-		n = 1000
-	}
-
-	It("should rate limit", func() {
-		rl := newRateLimiter(time.Minute, n)
-		for i := 0; i <= n; i++ {
-			Expect(rl.Check()).To(BeTrue())
-		}
-		Expect(rl.Check()).To(BeFalse())
-	})
-
-})