diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
index d861ffe970c80..42728757ad83e 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/config/HoodieWriteConfig.java
@@ -2465,6 +2465,8 @@ protected void setDefaults() {
       writeConfig.setDefaultValue(MARKERS_TYPE, getDefaultMarkersType(engineType));
       // Check for mandatory properties
       writeConfig.setDefaults(HoodieWriteConfig.class.getName());
+      // Set default values of HoodieHBaseIndexConfig
+      writeConfig.setDefaults(HoodieHBaseIndexConfig.class.getName());
       // Make sure the props is propagated
       writeConfig.setDefaultOnCondition(
           !isIndexConfigSet, HoodieIndexConfig.newBuilder().withEngineType(engineType).fromProperties(