diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/FilesTable.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/FilesTable.java
index 27118a6269ce..0fe50b996dbf 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/FilesTable.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/FilesTable.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarbinaryType.VARBINARY;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.VARCHAR;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.MetadataTableType.FILES;
+import static org.apache.iceberg.MetadataTableUtils.createMetadataTableInstance;
 
 public class FilesTable
         implements SystemTable
@@ -108,7 +110,8 @@ private static List<Page> buildPages(ConnectorTableMetadata tableMetadata, Table
         PageListBuilder pagesBuilder = PageListBuilder.forTable(tableMetadata);
         Map<Integer, Type> idToTypeMapping = getIcebergIdToTypeMapping(icebergTable.schema());
 
-        TableScan tableScan = icebergTable.newScan()
+        TableScan tableScan = createMetadataTableInstance(icebergTable, FILES)
+                .newScan()
                 .useSnapshot(snapshotId)
                 .includeColumnStats();