diff --git a/components/tikv_util/src/yatp_pool/future_pool.rs b/components/tikv_util/src/yatp_pool/future_pool.rs
index 2deead30580..c65219ffbb1 100644
--- a/components/tikv_util/src/yatp_pool/future_pool.rs
+++ b/components/tikv_util/src/yatp_pool/future_pool.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use fail::fail_point;
 use futures::channel::oneshot::{self, Canceled};
+use futures_util::future::FutureExt;
 use prometheus::{IntCounter, IntGauge};
 use tracker::TrackedFuture;
 use yatp::{queue::Extras, task::future};
@@ -179,11 +180,13 @@ impl PoolInner {
 
         metrics_running_task_count.inc();
 
-        let f = async move {
-            let _ = future.await;
+        // NB: Prefer FutureExt::map to async block, because an async block
+        // doubles memory usage.
+        // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/59087
+        let f = future.map(move |_| {
             metrics_handled_task_count.inc();
             metrics_running_task_count.dec();
-        };
+        });
 
         if let Some(extras) = extras {
             self.pool.spawn(future::TaskCell::new(f, extras));
@@ -208,12 +211,14 @@ impl PoolInner {
 
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
         metrics_running_task_count.inc();
-        self.pool.spawn(async move {
-            let res = future.await;
+        // NB: Prefer FutureExt::map to async block, because an async block
+        // doubles memory usage.
+        // See https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/59087
+        self.pool.spawn(future.map(move |res| {
             metrics_handled_task_count.inc();
             metrics_running_task_count.dec();
             let _ = tx.send(res);
-        });
+        }));
         Ok(rx)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/read_pool.rs b/src/read_pool.rs
index 301ea648274..da251c78aa0 100644
--- a/src/read_pool.rs
+++ b/src/read_pool.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use file_system::{set_io_type, IoType};
-use futures::{channel::oneshot, future::TryFutureExt};
+use futures::{
+    channel::oneshot,
+    future::{FutureExt, TryFutureExt},
+};
 use kvproto::{errorpb, kvrpcpb::CommandPri};
 use online_config::{ConfigChange, ConfigManager, ConfigValue, Result as CfgResult};
 use prometheus::{core::Metric, Histogram, IntCounter, IntGauge};
@@ -171,10 +174,9 @@ impl ReadPoolHandle {
                     TaskCell::new(
                         TrackedFuture::new(with_resource_limiter(
                             ControlledFuture::new(
-                                async move {
-                                    f.await;
+                                f.map(move |_| {
                                     running_tasks.dec();
-                                },
+                                }),
                                 resource_ctl.clone(),
                                 group_name,
                             ),
@@ -184,10 +186,9 @@ impl ReadPoolHandle {
                     )
                 } else {
                     TaskCell::new(
-                        TrackedFuture::new(async move {
-                            f.await;
+                        TrackedFuture::new(f.map(move |_| {
                             running_tasks.dec();
-                        }),
+                        })),
                         extras,
                     )
                 };
@@ -211,10 +212,9 @@ impl ReadPoolHandle {
     {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel::<T>();
         let res = self.spawn(
-            async move {
-                let res = f.await;
+            f.map(move |res| {
                 let _ = tx.send(res);
-            },
+            }),
             priority,
             task_id,
             metadata,
diff --git a/src/storage/txn/sched_pool.rs b/src/storage/txn/sched_pool.rs
index 8674a581c72..70d54c24cfa 100644
--- a/src/storage/txn/sched_pool.rs
+++ b/src/storage/txn/sched_pool.rs
@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@ impl PriorityQueue {
         extras.set_metadata(metadata.to_vec());
         self.worker_pool.spawn_with_extras(
             with_resource_limiter(
-                ControlledFuture::new(
-                    async move {
-                        f.await;
-                    },
-                    self.resource_ctl.clone(),
-                    group_name,
-                ),
+                ControlledFuture::new(f, self.resource_ctl.clone(), group_name),
                 resource_limiter,
             ),
             extras,