diff --git a/src/database/sql/sql.go b/src/database/sql/sql.go
index ad17eb3da2c..8dd48107a6c 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/sql.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/sql.go
@@ -1947,20 +1947,27 @@ type Conn struct {
 	// it's returned to the connection pool.
 	dc *driverConn
 
-	// done transitions from 0 to 1 exactly once, on close.
+	// done transitions from false to true exactly once, on close.
 	// Once done, all operations fail with ErrConnDone.
-	// Use atomic operations on value when checking value.
-	done int32
+	done atomic.Bool
+
+	// releaseConn is a cache of c.closemuRUnlockCondReleaseConn
+	// to save allocations in a call to grabConn.
+	releaseConnOnce  sync.Once
+	releaseConnCache releaseConn
 }
 
 // grabConn takes a context to implement stmtConnGrabber
 // but the context is not used.
 func (c *Conn) grabConn(context.Context) (*driverConn, releaseConn, error) {
-	if atomic.LoadInt32(&c.done) != 0 {
+	if c.done.Load() {
 		return nil, nil, ErrConnDone
 	}
+	c.releaseConnOnce.Do(func() {
+		c.releaseConnCache = c.closemuRUnlockCondReleaseConn
+	})
 	c.closemu.RLock()
-	return c.dc, c.closemuRUnlockCondReleaseConn, nil
+	return c.dc, c.releaseConnCache, nil
 }
 
 // PingContext verifies the connection to the database is still alive.
@@ -2084,7 +2091,7 @@ func (c *Conn) txCtx() context.Context {
 }
 
 func (c *Conn) close(err error) error {
-	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&c.done, 0, 1) {
+	if !c.done.CompareAndSwap(false, true) {
 		return ErrConnDone
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/database/sql/sql_test.go b/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
index 8c58723c030..2b3d76f5130 100644
--- a/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
+++ b/src/database/sql/sql_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"internal/race"
+	"internal/testenv"
 	"math/rand"
 	"reflect"
 	"runtime"
@@ -4583,3 +4585,35 @@ func BenchmarkManyConcurrentQueries(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestGrabConnAllocs(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.SkipIfOptimizationOff(t)
+	if race.Enabled {
+		t.Skip("skipping allocation test when using race detector")
+	}
+	c := new(Conn)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	n := int(testing.AllocsPerRun(1000, func() {
+		_, release, err := c.grabConn(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		release(nil)
+	}))
+	if n > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Conn.grabConn allocated %v objects; want 0", n)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkGrabConn(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	c := new(Conn)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_, release, err := c.grabConn(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		release(nil)
+	}
+}