diff --git a/aiomcache/pool.py b/aiomcache/pool.py
index 77cd747..1b8bf22 100644
--- a/aiomcache/pool.py
+++ b/aiomcache/pool.py
@@ -76,10 +76,8 @@ def release(self, conn):
         if conn.reader.at_eof() or conn.reader.exception():
             self._do_close(conn)
         else:
-            try:
-                self._pool.put_nowait(conn)
-            except asyncio.QueueFull:
-                self._do_close(conn)
+            # This should never fail because poolsize=maxsize
+            self._pool.put_nowait(conn)
 
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def _create_new_conn(self):
diff --git a/tests/pool_test.py b/tests/pool_test.py
index 1be58a7..cc7ba1f 100644
--- a/tests/pool_test.py
+++ b/tests/pool_test.py
@@ -83,3 +83,34 @@ def acquire_wait_release():
     yield from asyncio.gather(*([acquire_wait_release()] * 3), loop=loop)
     assert pool.size() == 1
     assert len(pool._in_use) == 0
+
+
+@pytest.mark.run_loop
+def test_maxsize_greater_than_minsize(mcache_params, loop):
+    pool = MemcachePool(minsize=5, maxsize=1, loop=loop, **mcache_params)
+    conn = yield from pool.acquire()
+    assert isinstance(conn.reader, asyncio.StreamReader)
+    assert isinstance(conn.writer, asyncio.StreamWriter)
+    pool.release(conn)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.run_loop
+def test_0_minsize(mcache_params, loop):
+    pool = MemcachePool(minsize=0, maxsize=5, loop=loop, **mcache_params)
+    conn = yield from pool.acquire()
+    assert isinstance(conn.reader, asyncio.StreamReader)
+    assert isinstance(conn.writer, asyncio.StreamWriter)
+    pool.release(conn)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.run_loop
+def test_bad_connection(mcache_params, loop):
+    pool = MemcachePool(minsize=5, maxsize=1, loop=loop, **mcache_params)
+    pool._host = "INVALID_HOST"
+    assert pool.size() == 0
+    with pytest.raises(BlockingIOError):
+        conn = yield from pool.acquire()
+        assert isinstance(conn.reader, asyncio.StreamReader)
+        assert isinstance(conn.writer, asyncio.StreamWriter)
+        pool.release(conn)
+    assert pool.size() == 0