diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConnectorSplit.h b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConnectorSplit.h
index e13c7e43f531..1e5481c15593 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConnectorSplit.h
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConnectorSplit.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct HiveConnectorSplit : public connector::ConnectorSplit {
   dwio::common::FileFormat fileFormat;
   const uint64_t start;
   const uint64_t length;
-  std::optional<FileProperties> properties;
 
   /// Mapping from partition keys to values. Values are specified as strings
   /// formatted the same way as CAST(x as VARCHAR). Null values are specified as
@@ -45,6 +44,10 @@ struct HiveConnectorSplit : public connector::ConnectorSplit {
   /// associated with the HiveSplit.
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> infoColumns;
 
+  /// These represent file properties like file size that are used while opening
+  /// the file handle
+  std::optional<FileProperties> properties;
+
   HiveConnectorSplit(
       const std::string& connectorId,
       const std::string& _filePath,