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@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
protected void initializeOp(Configuration hconf) throws HiveException {
       statsCollectRawDataSize = conf.isStatsCollectRawDataSize();
       statsFromRecordWriter = new boolean[numFiles];
       serializer = (Serializer) conf.getTableInfo().getDeserializerClass().newInstance();
-      serializer.initialize(null, conf.getTableInfo().getProperties());
+      serializer.initialize(hconf, conf.getTableInfo().getProperties());
       outputClass = serializer.getSerializedClass();
 
       if (isLogInfoEnabled) {
