diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/log/HoodieMergedLogRecordScanner.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/log/HoodieMergedLogRecordScanner.java
index 238b0c6e9..5f5bf1602 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/log/HoodieMergedLogRecordScanner.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/log/HoodieMergedLogRecordScanner.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public class HoodieMergedLogRecordScanner extends AbstractHoodieLogRecordScanner
       // Store merged records for all versions for this log file, set the in-memory footprint to maxInMemoryMapSize
       this.records = new ExternalSpillableMap<>(maxMemorySizeInBytes, spillableMapBasePath, new DefaultSizeEstimator(),
           new HoodieRecordSizeEstimator(readerSchema));
+      this.maxMemorySizeInBytes = maxMemorySizeInBytes;
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new HoodieIOException("IOException when creating ExternalSpillableMap at " + spillableMapBasePath, e);
     }