diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/QueryExecution.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/QueryExecution.scala
index 742040e41921f..6eddbf23353f0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/QueryExecution.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/QueryExecution.scala
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class QueryExecution(
 
   val id: Long = QueryExecution.nextExecutionId
 
-  def shuffleCleanupMode: ShuffleCleanupMode = {
+  val shuffleCleanupMode: ShuffleCleanupMode = {
     val conf = sparkSession.sessionState.conf
     val shuffleCleanupMode =
       if (conf.getConf(SQLConf.SHUFFLE_DEPENDENCY_FILE_CLEANUP_ENABLED)) {