diff --git a/src/dbnode/storage/index/results.go b/src/dbnode/storage/index/results.go
index f22f8fa3b9..65a0875c04 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/storage/index/results.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/storage/index/results.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type results struct {
 	nsID ident.ID
 	opts QueryResultsOptions
 
+	reusableID     *ident.ReusableBytesID
 	resultsMap     *ResultsMap
 	totalDocsCount int
 
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ func NewQueryResults(
 	return &results{
 		nsID:       namespaceID,
 		opts:       opts,
-		resultsMap: newResultsMap(indexOpts.IdentifierPool()),
+		resultsMap: newResultsMap(),
 		idPool:     indexOpts.IdentifierPool(),
 		bytesPool:  indexOpts.CheckedBytesPool(),
 		pool:       indexOpts.QueryResultsPool(),
+		reusableID: ident.NewReusableBytesID(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -131,7 +133,8 @@ func (r *results) addDocumentWithLock(w doc.Document) (bool, int, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Need to apply filter if set first.
-	if r.opts.FilterID != nil && !r.opts.FilterID(ident.BytesID(id)) {
+	r.reusableID.Reset(id)
+	if r.opts.FilterID != nil && !r.opts.FilterID(r.reusableID) {
 		return false, r.resultsMap.Len(), nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/dbnode/storage/index/results_new_map.go b/src/dbnode/storage/index/results_new_map.go
index 6c1c8f1bfe..e0aac29c8b 100644
--- a/src/dbnode/storage/index/results_new_map.go
+++ b/src/dbnode/storage/index/results_new_map.go
@@ -24,22 +24,20 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2"
-
-	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/x/ident"
 )
 
 const (
 	defaultInitialResultsMapSize = 10
 )
 
-func newResultsMap(idPool ident.Pool) *ResultsMap {
+func newResultsMap() *ResultsMap {
 	return _ResultsMapAlloc(_ResultsMapOptions{
 		hash: func(k []byte) ResultsMapHash {
 			return ResultsMapHash(xxhash.Sum64(k))
 		},
 		equals: bytes.Equal,
 		copy: func(k []byte) []byte {
-			return idPool.Clone(ident.BytesID(k)).Bytes()
+			return append(make([]byte, 0, len(k)), k...)
 		},
 		finalize: func(k []byte) {
 			// NB(nate): no-op for bytes IDs