diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSessionStateBuilder.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSessionStateBuilder.scala
index 92cb4ef11c9e3..dc92ad3b0c1ac 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSessionStateBuilder.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveSessionStateBuilder.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class HiveSessionStateBuilder(session: SparkSession, parentState: Option[Session
    * Create a Hive aware resource loader.
    */
   override protected lazy val resourceLoader: HiveSessionResourceLoader = {
-    val client: HiveClient = externalCatalog.client.newSession()
+    val client: HiveClient = externalCatalog.client
     new HiveSessionResourceLoader(session, client)
   }