diff --git a/src/emqx_pool.erl b/src/emqx_pool.erl
index 276352797..52df7fec3 100644
--- a/src/emqx_pool.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_pool.erl
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 -behaviour(gen_server).
 
 -export([start_link/0, start_link/2]).
--export([submit/1, async_submit/1]).
+-export([submit/1, submit/2]).
+-export([async_submit/1, async_submit/2]).
 
 %% gen_server callbacks
 -export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2, terminate/2,
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
 
 -define(POOL, ?MODULE).
 
+-type(task() :: fun() | mfa() | {fun(), Args :: list(any())}).
+
 %% @doc Start pooler supervisor.
 start_link() ->
     emqx_pool_sup:start_link(?POOL, random, {?MODULE, start_link, []}).
@@ -34,16 +37,33 @@ start_link() ->
 start_link(Pool, Id) ->
     gen_server:start_link({local, emqx_misc:proc_name(?MODULE, Id)}, ?MODULE, [Pool, Id], []).
 
-%% @doc Submit work to the pool
--spec(submit(fun()) -> any()).
-submit(Fun) ->
-    gen_server:call(worker(), {submit, Fun}, infinity).
+%% @doc Submit work to the pool.
+-spec(submit(task()) -> any()).
+submit(Task) ->
+    call({submit, Task}).
 
-%% @doc Submit work to the pool asynchronously
--spec(async_submit(fun()) -> ok).
-async_submit(Fun) ->
-    gen_server:cast(worker(), {async_submit, Fun}).
+-spec(submit(fun(), list(any())) -> any()).
+submit(Fun, Args) ->
+    call({submit, {Fun, Args}}).
 
+%% @private
+call(Req) ->
+    gen_server:call(worker(), Req, infinity).
+
+%% @doc Submit work to the pool asynchronously.
+-spec(async_submit(task()) -> ok).
+async_submit(Task) ->
+    cast({async_submit, Task}).
+
+-spec(async_submit(fun(), list(any())) -> ok).
+async_submit(Fun, Args) ->
+    cast({async_submit, {Fun, Args}}).
+
+%% @private
+cast(Msg) ->
+    gen_server:cast(worker(), Msg).
+
+%% @private
 worker() ->
     gproc_pool:pick_worker(pool).
 
@@ -55,15 +75,15 @@ init([Pool, Id]) ->
     true = gproc_pool:connect_worker(Pool, {Pool, Id}),
     {ok, #{pool => Pool, id => Id}}.
 
-handle_call({submit, Fun}, _From, State) ->
-    {reply, catch run(Fun), State};
+handle_call({submit, Task}, _From, State) ->
+    {reply, catch run(Task), State};
 
 handle_call(Req, _From, State) ->
     emqx_logger:error("[Pool] unexpected call: ~p", [Req]),
     {reply, ignored, State}.
 
-handle_cast({async_submit, Fun}, State) ->
-    try run(Fun)
+handle_cast({async_submit, Task}, State) ->
+    try run(Task)
     catch _:Error:Stacktrace ->
         emqx_logger:error("[Pool] error: ~p, ~p", [Error, Stacktrace])
     end,
@@ -78,7 +98,7 @@ handle_info(Info, State) ->
     {noreply, State}.
 
 terminate(_Reason, #{pool := Pool, id := Id}) ->
-    true = gproc_pool:disconnect_worker(Pool, {Pool, Id}).
+    gproc_pool:disconnect_worker(Pool, {Pool, Id}).
 
 code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
     {ok, State}.
@@ -89,6 +109,8 @@ code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) ->
 
 run({M, F, A}) ->
     erlang:apply(M, F, A);
+run({F, A}) when is_function(F), is_list(A) ->
+    erlang:apply(F, A);
 run(Fun) when is_function(Fun) ->
     Fun().
 
diff --git a/src/emqx_topic.erl b/src/emqx_topic.erl
index b3b417717..6540bbef2 100644
--- a/src/emqx_topic.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_topic.erl
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ parse(Topic = <<"$share/", Topic1/binary>>, Options) ->
     case binary:split(Topic1, <<"/">>) of
         [<<>>] -> error({invalid_topic, Topic});
         [_] -> error({invalid_topic, Topic});
-        [Group, Topic2] -> 
-            case binary:match(Group, [<<"/">>, <<"+">>, <<"#">>]) of 
+        [Group, Topic2] ->
+            case binary:match(Group, [<<"/">>, <<"+">>, <<"#">>]) of
                 nomatch -> {Topic2, maps:put(share, Group, Options)};
                 _ -> error({invalid_topic, Topic})
             end