diff --git a/subscriber.go b/subscriber.go
index 8fc4eac9..580ebcfb 100644
--- a/subscriber.go
+++ b/subscriber.go
@@ -58,12 +58,13 @@ func (s *subscriber) start(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 			err    error
 		)
 		// Try until successfully connect to Redis.
+		timer := time.NewTimer(s.retryTimeout)
 		for {
 			pubsub, err = s.broker.CancelationPubSub()
 			if err != nil {
 				s.logger.Errorf("cannot subscribe to cancelation channel: %v", err)
 				select {
-				case <-time.After(s.retryTimeout):
+				case <-timer.C:
 					continue
 				case <-s.done:
 					s.logger.Debug("Subscriber done")
diff --git a/syncer.go b/syncer.go
index f1be1933..0e1c78cc 100644
--- a/syncer.go
+++ b/syncer.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func (s *syncer) start(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		var requests []*syncRequest
+		timer := time.NewTimer(s.interval)
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-s.done:
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *syncer) start(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 				return
 			case req := <-s.requestsCh:
 				requests = append(requests, req)
-			case <-time.After(s.interval):
+			case <-timer.C:
 				var temp []*syncRequest
 				for _, req := range requests {
 					if req.deadline.Before(time.Now()) {