diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ByteBufUtil.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ByteBufUtil.java
index e0448ea459..8bacc9758c 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ByteBufUtil.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/ByteBufUtil.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public final class ByteBufUtil {
             HEXDUMP_TABLE[(i << 1) + 1] = DIGITS[i       & 0x0F];
         }
 
-        String allocType = SystemPropertyUtil.get("io.netty.allocator.type", "unpooled").toLowerCase(Locale.US).trim();
+        String allocType = SystemPropertyUtil.get(
+                "io.netty.allocator.type", PlatformDependent.isAndroid() ? "unpooled" : "pooled");
+        allocType = allocType.toLowerCase(Locale.US).trim();
 
         ByteBufAllocator alloc;
         if ("unpooled".equals(allocType)) {