diff --git a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/HoodieParquetInputFormat.java b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/HoodieParquetInputFormat.java
index 9e6565299040b..43921ba71c6a3 100644
--- a/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/HoodieParquetInputFormat.java
+++ b/hudi-hadoop-mr/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/hadoop/HoodieParquetInputFormat.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public RecordReader<NullWritable, ArrayWritable> getRecordReader(final InputSpli
       return createBootstrappingRecordReader(split, job, reporter);
     }
 
+    // add partition fields to hive job conf
+    HoodieRealtimeInputFormatUtils.addProjectionField(job, job.get(hive_metastoreConstants.META_TABLE_PARTITION_COLUMNS, "").split("/"));
+
     // adapt schema evolution
     new SchemaEvolutionContext(split, job).doEvolutionForParquetFormat();
 
@@ -117,7 +120,6 @@ public RecordReader<NullWritable, ArrayWritable> getRecordReader(final InputSpli
       LOG.debug("EMPLOYING DEFAULT RECORD READER - " + split);
     }
 
-    HoodieRealtimeInputFormatUtils.addProjectionField(job, job.get(hive_metastoreConstants.META_TABLE_PARTITION_COLUMNS, "").split("/"));
     return getRecordReaderInternal(split, job, reporter);
   }