diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
index 1f52912d1..6b64ec489 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
@@ -594,11 +594,11 @@ public class HoodieTableConfig extends HoodieConfig {
   }
 
   public String getHiveStylePartitioningEnable() {
-    return getString(HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_ENABLE);
+    return getStringOrDefault(HIVE_STYLE_PARTITIONING_ENABLE);
   }
 
   public String getUrlEncodePartitioning() {
-    return getString(URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING);
+    return getStringOrDefault(URL_ENCODE_PARTITIONING);
   }
 
   public Boolean shouldDropPartitionColumns() {