diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
index 2c6be7ff03e9..5c02c705f6dd 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
@@ -772,7 +772,8 @@ protected void setWriteSchemaForDeletes(HoodieTableMetaClient metaClient) {
     try {
       HoodieActiveTimeline activeTimeline = metaClient.getActiveTimeline();
       Option<HoodieInstant> lastInstant =
-          activeTimeline.filterCompletedInstants().filter(s -> s.getAction().equals(metaClient.getCommitActionType()))
+          activeTimeline.filterCompletedInstants().filter(s -> s.getAction().equals(metaClient.getCommitActionType())
+          || s.getAction().equals(HoodieActiveTimeline.REPLACE_COMMIT_ACTION))
               .lastInstant();
       if (lastInstant.isPresent()) {
         HoodieCommitMetadata commitMetadata = HoodieCommitMetadata.fromBytes(