diff --git a/go/vt/tabletserver/cache_pool.go b/go/vt/tabletserver/cache_pool.go
index 3ab6f48ab5..3507fd5b2e 100644
--- a/go/vt/tabletserver/cache_pool.go
+++ b/go/vt/tabletserver/cache_pool.go
@@ -176,42 +176,42 @@ func (cp *CachePool) StatsJSON() string {
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) Capacity() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.Capacity()
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) Available() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.Available()
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) MaxCap() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.MaxCap()
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) WaitCount() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.WaitCount()
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) WaitTime() time.Duration {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.WaitTime()
 }
 
 func (cp *CachePool) IdleTimeout() time.Duration {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.IdleTimeout()
diff --git a/go/vt/tabletserver/conn_pool.go b/go/vt/tabletserver/conn_pool.go
index dbb0f54921..a3676bd772 100644
--- a/go/vt/tabletserver/conn_pool.go
+++ b/go/vt/tabletserver/conn_pool.go
@@ -110,42 +110,42 @@ func (cp *ConnectionPool) StatsJSON() string {
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) Capacity() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.Capacity()
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) Available() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.Available()
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) MaxCap() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.MaxCap()
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) WaitCount() int64 {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.WaitCount()
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) WaitTime() time.Duration {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.WaitTime()
 }
 
 func (cp *ConnectionPool) IdleTimeout() time.Duration {
-	if cp == nil {
+	if cp.pool == nil {
 		return 0
 	}
 	return cp.pool.IdleTimeout()