diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
index 491502015a..d53a2df7d4 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/rules/CometScanRule.scala
@@ -142,19 +142,24 @@ case class CometScanRule(session: SparkSession) extends Rule[SparkPlan] with Com
           conf.getConfString("parquet.crypto.factory.class", "").nonEmpty &&
             conf.getConfString("parquet.encryption.kms.client.class", "").nonEmpty
 
-        var scanImpl = COMET_NATIVE_SCAN_IMPL.get()
-
-        // if scan is auto then pick the best available scan
-        if (scanImpl == SCAN_AUTO) {
-          if (encryptionEnabled) {
-            logInfo(
-              s"Auto scan mode falling back to $SCAN_NATIVE_COMET because " +
-                s"$SCAN_NATIVE_ICEBERG_COMPAT does not support reading encrypted Parquet files")
-            scanImpl = SCAN_NATIVE_COMET
-          } else {
-            scanImpl = selectScan(scanExec, r.partitionSchema)
+        // Derive scan mode and save it to session level to avoid recomputation
+        val scanImpl = CometScanRule.currentScanImplementation.getOrElse({
+          var scanModeImpl = COMET_NATIVE_SCAN_IMPL.get()
+          // if scan is auto then pick the best available scan
+          if (scanModeImpl == SCAN_AUTO) {
+            if (encryptionEnabled) {
+              logInfo(
+                s"Auto scan mode falling back to $SCAN_NATIVE_COMET because " +
+                  s"$SCAN_NATIVE_ICEBERG_COMPAT does not support reading encrypted Parquet files")
+              scanModeImpl = SCAN_NATIVE_COMET
+            } else {
+              scanModeImpl = selectScan(scanExec, r.partitionSchema)
+            }
           }
-        }
+
+          CometScanRule.currentScanImplementation = Some(scanModeImpl)
+          scanModeImpl
+        })
 
         if (scanImpl == SCAN_NATIVE_DATAFUSION && !COMET_EXEC_ENABLED.get()) {
           fallbackReasons +=
@@ -409,7 +414,13 @@ object CometScanRule extends Logging {
    * session, but we reset the cache once it reaches a fixed size to prevent it growing
    * indefinitely.
    */
-  val configValidityMapMaxSize = 1024
+  private val configValidityMapMaxSize = 1024
+
+  // Comet derives on fly scan implementation approach and this variable to access the selected value
+  private var currentScanImplementation: Option[String] = None
+
+  // Current selected scan implementation
+  def getCurrentScanImplementation: Option[String] = currentScanImplementation
 
   def validateObjectStoreConfig(
       filePath: String,
@@ -450,6 +461,5 @@ object CometScanRule extends Logging {
             throw e
         }
     }
-
   }
 }