diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
index 4d6427880c9e4..a85df2a2307d3 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
@@ -118,14 +118,16 @@ public HoodieMergeHandle(HoodieWriteConfig config, String instantTime, HoodieTab
                            Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> recordItr, String partitionPath, String fileId,
                            TaskContextSupplier taskContextSupplier, Option<BaseKeyGenerator> keyGeneratorOpt) {
     this(config, instantTime, hoodieTable, recordItr, partitionPath, fileId, taskContextSupplier,
-            getLatestBaseFile(hoodieTable, partitionPath, fileId), keyGeneratorOpt);
+        getLatestBaseFile(hoodieTable, partitionPath, fileId), keyGeneratorOpt);
   }
 
   public HoodieMergeHandle(HoodieWriteConfig config, String instantTime, HoodieTable<T, I, K, O> hoodieTable,
                            Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> recordItr, String partitionPath, String fileId,
                            TaskContextSupplier taskContextSupplier, HoodieBaseFile baseFile, Option<BaseKeyGenerator> keyGeneratorOpt) {
     super(config, instantTime, partitionPath, fileId, hoodieTable, taskContextSupplier);
-    init(recordItr, baseFile, keyGeneratorOpt);
+    init(fileId, recordItr);
+    init(fileId, partitionPath, baseFile);
+    validateAndSetAndKeyGenProps(keyGeneratorOpt, config.populateMetaFields());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@ public HoodieMergeHandle(HoodieWriteConfig config, String instantTime, HoodieTab
     this.keyToNewRecords = keyToNewRecords;
     this.useWriterSchemaForCompaction = true;
     this.preserveMetadata = config.isPreserveHoodieCommitMetadataForCompaction();
-    init(null, dataFileToBeMerged, keyGeneratorOpt);
+    init(fileId, this.partitionPath, dataFileToBeMerged);
+    validateAndSetAndKeyGenProps(keyGeneratorOpt, config.populateMetaFields());
   }
 
   private void validateAndSetAndKeyGenProps(Option<BaseKeyGenerator> keyGeneratorOpt, boolean populateMetaFields) {
@@ -146,14 +149,6 @@ private void validateAndSetAndKeyGenProps(Option<BaseKeyGenerator> keyGeneratorO
     this.keyGeneratorOpt = keyGeneratorOpt;
   }
 
-  private void init(Iterator<HoodieRecord<T>> recordItr, HoodieBaseFile baseFile, Option<BaseKeyGenerator> keyGeneratorOpt) {
-    if (recordItr != null) {
-      init(this.fileId, recordItr);
-    }
-    init(this.fileId, this.partitionPath, baseFile);
-    validateAndSetAndKeyGenProps(keyGeneratorOpt, this.config.populateMetaFields());
-  }
-
   public static HoodieBaseFile getLatestBaseFile(HoodieTable<?, ?, ?, ?> hoodieTable, String partitionPath, String fileId) {
     Option<HoodieBaseFile> baseFileOp = hoodieTable.getBaseFileOnlyView().getLatestBaseFile(partitionPath, fileId);
     if (!baseFileOp.isPresent()) {