diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
index 8571390f53093..31aba2b2db132 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/HoodieTableSource.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public HoodieTableSource(
       List<String> partitionKeys,
       String defaultPartName,
       Configuration conf) {
-    this(schema, path, partitionKeys, defaultPartName, conf, null, null, null, null);
+    this(schema, path, partitionKeys, defaultPartName, conf, null, null, null, null, null);
   }
 
   public HoodieTableSource(
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ public HoodieTableSource(
       @Nullable FileIndex fileIndex,
       @Nullable List<Map<String, String>> requiredPartitions,
       @Nullable int[] requiredPos,
-      @Nullable Long limit) {
+      @Nullable Long limit,
+      @Nullable HoodieTableMetaClient metaClient) {
     this.schema = schema;
     this.tableRowType = (RowType) schema.toPhysicalRowDataType().notNull().getLogicalType();
     this.path = path;
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ public HoodieTableSource(
         : requiredPos;
     this.limit = limit == null ? NO_LIMIT_CONSTANT : limit;
     this.hadoopConf = HadoopConfigurations.getHadoopConf(conf);
-    this.metaClient = StreamerUtil.metaClientForReader(conf, hadoopConf);
+    this.metaClient = metaClient == null ? StreamerUtil.metaClientForReader(conf, hadoopConf) : metaClient;
     this.maxCompactionMemoryInBytes = StreamerUtil.getMaxCompactionMemoryInBytes(conf);
   }
 
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ public ChangelogMode getChangelogMode() {
   @Override
   public DynamicTableSource copy() {
     return new HoodieTableSource(schema, path, partitionKeys, defaultPartName,
-        conf, fileIndex, requiredPartitions, requiredPos, limit);
+        conf, fileIndex, requiredPartitions, requiredPos, limit, metaClient);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/TestHoodieTableSource.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/TestHoodieTableSource.java
index d8093793fcccc..10a7e44373573 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/TestHoodieTableSource.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/table/TestHoodieTableSource.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hudi.table;
 
+import org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableMetaClient;
 import org.apache.hudi.configuration.FlinkOptions;
 import org.apache.hudi.table.format.mor.MergeOnReadInputFormat;
 import org.apache.hudi.utils.TestConfigurations;
@@ -148,6 +149,14 @@ void testDataSkippingFilterShouldBeNotNullWhenTableSourceIsCopied() {
     assertEquals(expectedFilters, actualFilters);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testHoodieSourceCachedMetaClient() {
+    HoodieTableSource tableSource = getEmptyStreamingSource();
+    HoodieTableMetaClient metaClient = tableSource.getMetaClient();
+    HoodieTableSource tableSourceCopy = (HoodieTableSource) tableSource.copy();
+    assertThat(metaClient, is(tableSourceCopy.getMetaClient()));
+  }
+
   private HoodieTableSource getEmptyStreamingSource() {
     final String path = tempFile.getAbsolutePath();
     conf = TestConfigurations.getDefaultConf(path);