diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
index 88b0d0c..f7288f6 100644
--- a/client_test.go
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -146,19 +146,35 @@ func TestClient_Race(t *testing.T) {
 func TestClient_IdleDrain(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	_, client := redtest.StartRedisServer(t)
+	t.Run("Unexpected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		_, client := redtest.StartRedisServer(t)
 
-	require.Equal(t, 0, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
+		require.Equal(t, 0, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
 
-	err := client.Command(context.Background(), "SET", "foo", "bar").Close()
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+		// Close comes before reading result.
+		err := client.Command(context.Background(), "SET", "foo", "bar").Close()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Connection not returned to pool.
+		require.Equal(t, 0, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
+	})
 
-	require.Equal(t, 1, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
+	t.Run("Regular", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		_, client := redtest.StartRedisServer(t)
 
-	// After the idle timeout, the connection should be drained.
-	require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
-		return client.PoolStats().FreeConns == 0
-	}, time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond)
+		require.Equal(t, 0, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
+		err := client.Command(context.Background(), "SET", "foo", "bar").Ok()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		require.Equal(t, 1, client.PoolStats().FreeConns)
+
+		// After the idle timeout, the connection should be drained.
+		require.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+			return client.PoolStats().FreeConns == 0
+		}, time.Second, 10*time.Millisecond)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestClient_ShortRead(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pipeline.go b/pipeline.go
index 0a88b47..3feb1c7 100644
--- a/pipeline.go
+++ b/pipeline.go
@@ -483,18 +483,6 @@ func (r *Pipeline) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (r *Pipeline) close() error {
-	for r.hasMore() {
-		// Read the result into discard so that the connection can be reused.
-		_, _, err := r.writeTo(io.Discard)
-		if errors.Is(err, errClosed) {
-			// Should be impossible to close a result without draining
-			// it, in which case at == end and we would never get here.
-			return fmt.Errorf("SEVERE: result closed while iterating")
-		} else if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("drain: %w", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	if !atomic.CompareAndSwapInt64(&r.closed, 0, 1) {
 		// double-close
 		return nil
@@ -507,7 +495,8 @@ func (r *Pipeline) close() error {
 	conn := r.conn
 	// r.conn is set to nil to prevent accidental reuse.
 	r.conn = nil
-	if r.err == nil && !r.subscribeMode {
+	// Only return conn when it is in a known good state.
+	if r.err == nil && !r.subscribeMode && !r.hasMore() {
 		r.client.putConn(conn)
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/redtest/server.go b/redtest/server.go
index 5c5a48d..a1fe71e 100644
--- a/redtest/server.go
+++ b/redtest/server.go
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ func (w *testWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func StartRedisServer(t testing.TB, args ...string) (string, *redjet.Client) {
-	socket := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "redis.sock")
+	// Use short-hand r.sock instead of redis.sock since redis has a 104
+	// character limit on unix socket paths.
+	socket := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "r.sock")
 	serverCmd := exec.Command(
 		"redis-server", "--unixsocket", socket, "--loglevel", "debug",
 		"--port", "0",