diff --git a/arrow-data-source/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/arrow/SparkMemoryUtils.scala b/arrow-data-source/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/arrow/SparkMemoryUtils.scala
index 0ca9921a6..340f8e53f 100644
--- a/arrow-data-source/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/arrow/SparkMemoryUtils.scala
+++ b/arrow-data-source/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/arrow/SparkMemoryUtils.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import com.intel.oap.spark.sql.execution.datasources.v2.arrow._
 import org.apache.arrow.dataset.jni.NativeMemoryPool
 import org.apache.arrow.memory.BufferAllocator
+import org.apache.arrow.memory.RootAllocator
 
 import org.apache.spark.TaskContext
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
@@ -40,15 +41,12 @@ object SparkMemoryUtils extends Logging {
     }
 
     val sharedMetrics = new NativeSQLMemoryMetrics()
-    val defaultAllocator: BufferAllocator = {
 
-      val globalAlloc = globalAllocator()
+    val defaultAllocator: BufferAllocator = {
       val al = new SparkManagedAllocationListener(
         new NativeSQLMemoryConsumer(getTaskMemoryManager(), Spiller.NO_OP),
         sharedMetrics)
-      val parent = globalAlloc
-      parent.newChildAllocator("Spark Managed Allocator - " +
-        UUID.randomUUID().toString, al, 0, parent.getLimit)
+      new RootAllocator(al, Long.MaxValue)
     }
 
     val defaultMemoryPool: NativeMemoryPoolWrapper = {
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ object SparkMemoryUtils extends Logging {
       val al = new SparkManagedAllocationListener(
         new NativeSQLMemoryConsumer(getTaskMemoryManager(), spiller),
         sharedMetrics)
-      val parent = globalAllocator()
+      val parent = defaultAllocator
       val alloc = parent.newChildAllocator("Spark Managed Allocator - " +
         UUID.randomUUID().toString, al, 0, parent.getLimit).asInstanceOf[BufferAllocator]
       allocators.add(alloc)
@@ -121,7 +119,8 @@ object SparkMemoryUtils extends Logging {
     }
 
     def release(): Unit = {
-      for (allocator <- allocators.asScala) {
+      for (allocator <- allocators.asScala.reverse) {
+        // reversed iterating: close children first
         val allocated = allocator.getAllocatedMemory
         if (allocated == 0L) {
           close(allocator)
@@ -212,9 +211,8 @@ object SparkMemoryUtils extends Logging {
   }
 
   def contextAllocator(): BufferAllocator = {
-    val globalAlloc = globalAllocator()
     if (!inSparkTask()) {
-      return globalAlloc
+      return globalAllocator()
     }
     getTaskMemoryResources().defaultAllocator
   }