diff --git a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVector.java b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVector.java
index 591d13c4bd5..c6d404e1543 100644
--- a/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVector.java
+++ b/java/vector/src/main/java/org/apache/arrow/vector/BitVector.java
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@ public void copyFromSafe(int inIndex, int outIndex, BitVector from) {
 
   @Override
   public Mutator getMutator() {
-    return new Mutator();
+    return mutator;
   }
 
   @Override
   public Accessor getAccessor() {
-    return new Accessor();
+    return accessor;
   }
 
   @Override