diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/GpuLore.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/GpuLore.scala
index 17f4444db9a..dc7705b6a2b 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/GpuLore.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/GpuLore.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ case class LoreRDDMeta(numPartitions: Int, outputPartitions: Seq[Int], attrs: Se
 case class LoreRDDPartitionMeta(numBatches: Int, dataType: Seq[DataType])
 
 trait GpuLoreRDD {
-  val rootPath: Path
+  def rootPath: Path
 
   def pathOfMeta: Path = new Path(rootPath, "rdd.meta")
 
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/dump.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/dump.scala
index bcab79a54f2..bd3c88ec462 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/dump.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/lore/dump.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ case class LoreDumpRDDInfo(idxInParent: Int, loreOutputInfo: LoreOutputInfo, att
 
 class GpuLoreDumpRDD(info: LoreDumpRDDInfo, input: RDD[ColumnarBatch])
   extends RDD[ColumnarBatch](input) with GpuLoreRDD {
-  override val rootPath: Path = pathOfChild(info.loreOutputInfo.path, info.idxInParent)
+  override def rootPath: Path = pathOfChild(info.loreOutputInfo.path, info.idxInParent)
 
   private val hadoopConf = new SerializableConfiguration(this.context.hadoopConfiguration)