diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
index cf9274d69106c..73f25b1615fcb 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/HiveSyncConfig.java
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ public HiveSyncConfig(Properties props) {
 
   public HiveSyncConfig(Properties props, Configuration hadoopConf) {
     super(props, hadoopConf);
-    HiveConf hiveConf = hadoopConf instanceof HiveConf
-        ? (HiveConf) hadoopConf : new HiveConf(hadoopConf, HiveConf.class);
+    HiveConf hiveConf = new HiveConf();
+    // HiveConf needs to load Hadoop conf to allow instantiation via AWSGlueClientFactory
+    hiveConf.addResource(hadoopConf);
     setHadoopConf(hiveConf);
     validateParameters();
   }