diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroUtils.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroUtils.java
index ef6ce13a3..96b1a1e83 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroUtils.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/avro/HoodieAvroUtils.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class HoodieAvroUtils {
   }
 
   public static Schema removeMetadataFields(Schema schema) {
-    return removeFields(schema, HoodieRecord.HOODIE_META_COLUMNS);
+    return removeFields(schema, HoodieRecord.HOODIE_META_COLUMNS_WITH_OPERATION);
   }
 
   public static Schema removeFields(Schema schema, List<String> fieldsToRemove) {