diff --git a/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/BufRef.java b/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/BufRef.java
index 6e6d56a..7380d8f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/BufRef.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/BufRef.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public final class BufRef extends BufHolder<BufRef> {
      */
     public BufRef(Buf buf) {
         super(buf);
+        // BufRef is meant to be atomic, so we need to add a fence to get the semantics of a volatile store.
         VarHandle.fullFence();
     }
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public final class BufRef extends BufHolder<BufRef> {
      */
     public BufRef(Send<Buf> send) {
         super(send);
+        // BufRef is meant to be atomic, so we need to add a fence to get the semantics of a volatile store.
         VarHandle.fullFence();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/memseg/BifurcatedDrop.java b/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/memseg/BifurcatedDrop.java
index 0322ad5..91629d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/memseg/BifurcatedDrop.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/api/memseg/BifurcatedDrop.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class BifurcatedDrop implements Drop<MemSegBuf> {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public synchronized void drop(MemSegBuf buf) {
+    public void drop(MemSegBuf buf) {
         int c;
         int n;
         do {