diff --git a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
index 6fd233adc8..38b6c2abe9 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/sentinel.py
@@ -23,6 +23,54 @@ class SlaveNotFoundError(ConnectionError):
     pass
 
 
+class AsyncSentinelConnectionPoolProxy:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        connection_pool,
+        is_master,
+        check_connection,
+        service_name,
+        sentinel_manager,
+    ):
+        self.connection_pool_ref = weakref.ref(connection_pool)
+        self.is_master = is_master
+        self.check_connection = check_connection
+        self.service_name = service_name
+        self.sentinel_manager = sentinel_manager
+        self.reset()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.master_address = None
+        self.slave_rr_counter = None
+
+    async def get_master_address(self):
+        master_address = await self.sentinel_manager.discover_master(self.service_name)
+        if self.is_master and self.master_address != master_address:
+            self.master_address = master_address
+            # disconnect any idle connections so that they reconnect
+            # to the new master the next time that they are used.
+            connection_pool = self.connection_pool_ref()
+            if connection_pool is not None:
+                await connection_pool.disconnect(inuse_connections=False)
+        return master_address
+
+    async def rotate_slaves(self) -> AsyncIterator:
+        slaves = await self.sentinel_manager.discover_slaves(self.service_name)
+        if slaves:
+            if self.slave_rr_counter is None:
+                self.slave_rr_counter = random.randint(0, len(slaves) - 1)
+            for _ in range(len(slaves)):
+                self.slave_rr_counter = (self.slave_rr_counter + 1) % len(slaves)
+                slave = slaves[self.slave_rr_counter]
+                yield slave
+        # Fallback to the master connection
+        try:
+            yield await self.get_master_address()
+        except MasterNotFoundError:
+            pass
+        raise SlaveNotFoundError(f"No slave found for {self.service_name!r}")
+
+
 class SentinelManagedConnection(Connection):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.connection_pool = kwargs.pop("connection_pool")
@@ -116,12 +164,17 @@ def __init__(self, service_name, sentinel_manager, **kwargs):
         )
         self.is_master = kwargs.pop("is_master", True)
         self.check_connection = kwargs.pop("check_connection", False)
+        self.proxy = AsyncSentinelConnectionPoolProxy(
+            connection_pool=self,
+            is_master=self.is_master,
+            check_connection=self.check_connection,
+            service_name=service_name,
+            sentinel_manager=sentinel_manager,
+        )
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self.connection_kwargs["connection_pool"] = weakref.proxy(self)
+        self.connection_kwargs["connection_pool"] = self.proxy
         self.service_name = service_name
         self.sentinel_manager = sentinel_manager
-        self.master_address = None
-        self.slave_rr_counter = None
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return (
@@ -131,8 +184,11 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
     def reset(self):
         super().reset()
-        self.master_address = None
-        self.slave_rr_counter = None
+        self.proxy.reset()
+
+    @property
+    def master_address(self):
+        return self.proxy.master_address
 
     def owns_connection(self, connection: Connection):
         check = not self.is_master or (
@@ -141,31 +197,12 @@ def owns_connection(self, connection: Connection):
         return check and super().owns_connection(connection)
 
     async def get_master_address(self):
-        master_address = await self.sentinel_manager.discover_master(self.service_name)
-        if self.is_master:
-            if self.master_address != master_address:
-                self.master_address = master_address
-                # disconnect any idle connections so that they reconnect
-                # to the new master the next time that they are used.
-                await self.disconnect(inuse_connections=False)
-        return master_address
+        return await self.proxy.get_master_address()
 
     async def rotate_slaves(self) -> AsyncIterator:
         """Round-robin slave balancer"""
-        slaves = await self.sentinel_manager.discover_slaves(self.service_name)
-        if slaves:
-            if self.slave_rr_counter is None:
-                self.slave_rr_counter = random.randint(0, len(slaves) - 1)
-            for _ in range(len(slaves)):
-                self.slave_rr_counter = (self.slave_rr_counter + 1) % len(slaves)
-                slave = slaves[self.slave_rr_counter]
-                yield slave
-        # Fallback to the master connection
-        try:
-            yield await self.get_master_address()
-        except MasterNotFoundError:
-            pass
-        raise SlaveNotFoundError(f"No slave found for {self.service_name!r}")
+        async for x in self.proxy.rotate_slaves():
+            yield x
 
 
 class Sentinel(AsyncSentinelCommands):
diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
index 51e59d69d0..b9c6848c7d 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_sentinel.py
@@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ async def test_discover_master_error(sentinel):
         await sentinel.discover_master("xxx")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
+async def test_dead_pool(sentinel):
+    master = sentinel.master_for("mymaster", db=9)
+    conn = await master.connection_pool.get_connection("_")
+    await conn.disconnect()
+    del master
+    await conn.connect()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.onlynoncluster
 async def test_discover_master_sentinel_down(cluster, sentinel, master_ip):
     # Put first sentinel 'foo' down