diff --git a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
index df79cb83d..ce5f1e9e4 100644
--- a/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
+++ b/hoodie-client/src/main/java/com/uber/hoodie/io/HoodieMergeHandle.java
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ public class HoodieMergeHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOHa
       String relativePath = new Path(partitionPath + "/" + FSUtils
           .makeDataFileName(commitTime, TaskContext.getPartitionId(), fileId)).toString();
       newFilePath = new Path(config.getBasePath(), relativePath);
+      if (config.shouldUseTempFolderForCopyOnWriteForMerge()) {
+        this.tempPath = makeTempPath(partitionPath, TaskContext.getPartitionId(),
+           fileId, TaskContext.get().stageId(), TaskContext.get().taskAttemptId());
+      }
 
       // handle cases of partial failures, for update task
       if (fs.exists(newFilePath)) {
@@ -116,15 +120,15 @@ public class HoodieMergeHandle<T extends HoodieRecordPayload> extends HoodieIOHa
       }
 
       logger.info(String.format("Merging new data into oldPath %s, as newPath %s",
-          oldFilePath.toString(), newFilePath.toString()));
+          oldFilePath.toString(), getStorageWriterPath().toString()));
       // file name is same for all records, in this bunch
       writeStatus.setFileId(fileId);
       writeStatus.setPartitionPath(partitionPath);
       writeStatus.getStat().setFileId(fileId);
-      writeStatus.getStat().setPath(relativePath);
+      writeStatus.getStat().setPaths(new Path(config.getBasePath()), newFilePath, tempPath);
       // Create the writer for writing the new version file
       storageWriter = HoodieStorageWriterFactory
-          .getStorageWriter(commitTime, newFilePath, hoodieTable, config, schema);
+          .getStorageWriter(commitTime, getStorageWriterPath(), hoodieTable, config, schema);
     } catch (IOException io) {
       logger.error("Error in update task at commit " + commitTime, io);
       writeStatus.setGlobalError(io);