diff --git a/pkg/core/cacheddao.go b/pkg/core/cacheddao.go
index 0094c31fb..121de9435 100644
--- a/pkg/core/cacheddao.go
+++ b/pkg/core/cacheddao.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package core
 import (
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/storage"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/io"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/util"
 )
 
@@ -138,23 +139,28 @@ func (cd *cachedDao) AppendNEP5Transfer(acc util.Uint160, index uint32, tr *stat
 // Persist flushes all the changes made into the (supposedly) persistent
 // underlying store.
 func (cd *cachedDao) Persist() (int, error) {
+	buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+
 	for sc := range cd.accounts {
-		err := cd.dao.PutAccountState(cd.accounts[sc])
+		err := cd.dao.putAccountState(cd.accounts[sc], buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
+		buf.Reset()
 	}
 	for hash := range cd.unspents {
-		err := cd.dao.PutUnspentCoinState(hash, cd.unspents[hash])
+		err := cd.dao.putUnspentCoinState(hash, cd.unspents[hash], buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
+		buf.Reset()
 	}
 	for acc, bs := range cd.balances {
-		err := cd.dao.PutNEP5Balances(acc, bs)
+		err := cd.dao.putNEP5Balances(acc, bs, buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
+		buf.Reset()
 	}
 	for acc, ts := range cd.transfers {
 		for ind, lg := range ts {
diff --git a/pkg/core/dao.go b/pkg/core/dao.go
index 7ad2a65d8..d574c049f 100644
--- a/pkg/core/dao.go
+++ b/pkg/core/dao.go
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ func (dao *dao) GetAndDecode(entity io.Serializable, key []byte) error {
 
 // Put performs put operation with serializable structures.
 func (dao *dao) Put(entity io.Serializable, key []byte) error {
-	buf := io.NewBufBinWriter()
+	return dao.putWithBuffer(entity, key, io.NewBufBinWriter())
+}
+
+// putWithBuffer performs put operation using buf as a pre-allocated buffer for serialization.
+func (dao *dao) putWithBuffer(entity io.Serializable, key []byte, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error {
 	entity.EncodeBinary(buf.BinWriter)
 	if buf.Err != nil {
 		return buf.Err
@@ -73,8 +77,12 @@ func (dao *dao) GetAccountState(hash util.Uint160) (*state.Account, error) {
 }
 
 func (dao *dao) PutAccountState(as *state.Account) error {
+	return dao.putAccountState(as, io.NewBufBinWriter())
+}
+
+func (dao *dao) putAccountState(as *state.Account, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error {
 	key := storage.AppendPrefix(storage.STAccount, as.ScriptHash.BytesBE())
-	return dao.Put(as, key)
+	return dao.putWithBuffer(as, key, buf)
 }
 
 // -- end accounts.
@@ -148,10 +156,14 @@ func (dao *dao) GetNEP5Balances(acc util.Uint160) (*state.NEP5Balances, error) {
 	return bs, nil
 }
 
-// GetNEP5Balances saves nep5 balances from the cache.
+// PutNEP5Balances saves nep5 balances from the cache.
 func (dao *dao) PutNEP5Balances(acc util.Uint160, bs *state.NEP5Balances) error {
+	return dao.putNEP5Balances(acc, bs, io.NewBufBinWriter())
+}
+
+func (dao *dao) putNEP5Balances(acc util.Uint160, bs *state.NEP5Balances, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error {
 	key := storage.AppendPrefix(storage.STNEP5Balances, acc.BytesBE())
-	return dao.Put(bs, key)
+	return dao.putWithBuffer(bs, key, buf)
 }
 
 // -- end nep5 balances.
@@ -220,8 +232,12 @@ func (dao *dao) GetUnspentCoinState(hash util.Uint256) (*state.UnspentCoin, erro
 
 // PutUnspentCoinState puts given UnspentCoinState into the given store.
 func (dao *dao) PutUnspentCoinState(hash util.Uint256, ucs *state.UnspentCoin) error {
+	return dao.putUnspentCoinState(hash, ucs, io.NewBufBinWriter())
+}
+
+func (dao *dao) putUnspentCoinState(hash util.Uint256, ucs *state.UnspentCoin, buf *io.BufBinWriter) error {
 	key := storage.AppendPrefix(storage.STCoin, hash.BytesLE())
-	return dao.Put(ucs, key)
+	return dao.putWithBuffer(ucs, key, buf)
 }
 
 // -- end unspent coins.