diff --git a/modin/core/io/text/text_file_dispatcher.py b/modin/core/io/text/text_file_dispatcher.py
index abb89de5ff0..99bcba2e372 100644
--- a/modin/core/io/text/text_file_dispatcher.py
+++ b/modin/core/io/text/text_file_dispatcher.py
@@ -1060,12 +1060,12 @@ def _read(cls, filepath_or_buffer, **kwargs):
             and pre_reading == 0
         )
         read_callback_kw = dict(kwargs, nrows=1, skipfooter=0, index_col=index_col)
+        pd_df_metadata = cls.read_callback(
+            filepath_or_buffer_md,
+            **read_callback_kw,
+        )
+        column_names = pd_df_metadata.columns
         if not can_compute_metadata_while_skipping_rows:
-            pd_df_metadata = cls.read_callback(
-                filepath_or_buffer_md,
-                **read_callback_kw,
-            )
-            column_names = pd_df_metadata.columns
             read_callback_kw = None
         else:
             read_callback_kw = dict(read_callback_kw, skiprows=None)