diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
index bc3db25506e3..e085d565c621 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_processors.go
@@ -218,11 +218,19 @@ func (ca *changeAggregator) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	ca.kvFeedMemMon = kvFeedMemMon
 
 	var err error
+	// NB: sink uses pool bound account, and not kvFeedMemMon.
+	// This is because if we use shared kvFeedMemMon budget, it is possible that that budget
+	// will be exhausted by kvfeed (e.g. because of a down or slow sink); Then, when sink
+	// is no longer unavailable, we will proceed with the message, but once it gets to the sink,
+	// we won't be able to allocate additional memory because more events could have been added
+	// to KVFeed buffer.  Basically, the problem is that the ingress rate of messages into kvfeed
+	// buffer is different from the eggress rate from the sink.
+	// TODO(yevgeniy): The real solution is to have the sink pushback.
 	// TODO(yevgeniy): getSink is getting to be quite a kitchen sink -- refactor.
 	ca.sink, err = getSink(
 		ctx, ca.spec.Feed.SinkURI, ca.flowCtx.EvalCtx.NodeID.SQLInstanceID(), ca.spec.Feed.Opts, ca.spec.Feed.Targets,
 		ca.flowCtx.Cfg.Settings, timestampOracle, ca.flowCtx.Cfg.ExternalStorageFromURI, ca.spec.User(),
-		kvFeedMemMon.MakeBoundAccount(),
+		pool.MakeBoundAccount(),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = MarkRetryableError(err)