diff --git a/pgxpool/pool.go b/pgxpool/pool.go
index f4c3a30ca..53af62918 100644
--- a/pgxpool/pool.go
+++ b/pgxpool/pool.go
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ type Pool struct {
 	maxConnIdleTime       time.Duration
 	healthCheckPeriod     time.Duration
 
+	healthCheckMu    sync.Mutex
+	healthCheckTimer *time.Timer
+
 	healthCheckChan chan struct{}
 
 	closeOnce sync.Once
@@ -381,15 +384,25 @@ func (p *Pool) isExpired(res *puddle.Resource[*connResource]) bool {
 }
 
 func (p *Pool) triggerHealthCheck() {
-	go func() {
+	const healthCheckDelay = 500 * time.Millisecond
+
+	p.healthCheckMu.Lock()
+	defer p.healthCheckMu.Unlock()
+
+	if p.healthCheckTimer == nil {
 		// Destroy is asynchronous so we give it time to actually remove itself from
 		// the pool otherwise we might try to check the pool size too soon
-		time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
-		select {
-		case p.healthCheckChan <- struct{}{}:
-		default:
-		}
-	}()
+		p.healthCheckTimer = time.AfterFunc(healthCheckDelay, func() {
+			select {
+			case <-p.closeChan:
+			case p.healthCheckChan <- struct{}{}:
+			default:
+			}
+		})
+		return
+	}
+
+	p.healthCheckTimer.Reset(healthCheckDelay)
 }
 
 func (p *Pool) backgroundHealthCheck() {
@@ -408,6 +421,9 @@ func (p *Pool) backgroundHealthCheck() {
 }
 
 func (p *Pool) checkHealth() {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(500 * time.Millisecond)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
 	for {
 		// If checkMinConns failed we don't destroy any connections since we couldn't
 		// even get to minConns
@@ -424,7 +440,7 @@ func (p *Pool) checkHealth() {
 		select {
 		case <-p.closeChan:
 			return
-		case <-time.After(500 * time.Millisecond):
+		case <-ticker.C:
 		}
 	}
 }