diff --git a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/mutable.rs b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/mutable.rs
index 9fc860506194..07ef965cb082 100644
--- a/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/mutable.rs
+++ b/arrow-buffer/src/buffer/mutable.rs
@@ -450,7 +450,13 @@ impl MutableBuffer {
 
     /// Clear all existing data from this buffer.
     pub fn clear(&mut self) {
-        self.len = 0
+        self.len = 0;
+        #[cfg(feature = "pool")]
+        {
+            if let Some(reservation) = self.reservation.lock().unwrap().as_mut() {
+                reservation.resize(self.len);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the data stored in this buffer as a slice.
@@ -1371,7 +1377,7 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(pool.used(), 40);
 
             // Truncate to zero
-            buffer.truncate(0);
+            buffer.clear();
             assert_eq!(buffer.len(), 0);
             assert_eq!(pool.used(), 0);
         }
diff --git a/arrow-json/src/reader/value_iter.rs b/arrow-json/src/reader/value_iter.rs
index f70b893f52a0..ebaba695adf3 100644
--- a/arrow-json/src/reader/value_iter.rs
+++ b/arrow-json/src/reader/value_iter.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for ValueIter<R> {
         }
 
         loop {
-            self.line_buf.truncate(0);
+            self.line_buf.clear();
             match self.reader.read_line(&mut self.line_buf) {
                 Ok(0) => {
                     // read_line returns 0 when stream reached EOF
diff --git a/parquet/tests/geospatial.rs b/parquet/tests/geospatial.rs
index 4f449df920e8..fcc93661ed97 100644
--- a/parquet/tests/geospatial.rs
+++ b/parquet/tests/geospatial.rs
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ mod test {
 
         for i in 0..reader.num_row_groups() {
             let row_group = reader.get_row_group(i).unwrap();
-            values.truncate(0);
-            def_levels.truncate(0);
+            values.clear();
+            def_levels.clear();
 
             let mut row_group_out = writer.next_row_group().unwrap();