diff --git a/shims/spark300emr/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/spark300emr/Spark300EMRShims.scala b/shims/spark300emr/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/spark300emr/Spark300EMRShims.scala
index 8446caeb6dd..4279a21c4dd 100644
--- a/shims/spark300emr/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/spark300emr/Spark300EMRShims.scala
+++ b/shims/spark300emr/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/shims/spark300emr/Spark300EMRShims.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.nvidia.spark.rapids.shims.spark300emr
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor
+
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids._
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.shims.spark300.Spark300Shims
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark300emr.RapidsShuffleManager
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.{FilePartition, FileScanRDD, P
 
 class Spark300EMRShims extends Spark300Shims {
 
+  private var fileScanRddConstructor: Option[Constructor[_]] = None
+
   override def getSparkShimVersion: ShimVersion = SparkShimServiceProvider.VERSION
 
   override def getRapidsShuffleManagerClass: String = {
@@ -39,12 +43,16 @@ class Spark300EMRShims extends Spark300Shims {
       readFunction: (PartitionedFile) => Iterator[InternalRow],
       filePartitions: Seq[FilePartition]): RDD[InternalRow] = {
 
-    val tclass = classOf[org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileScanRDD]
-    val constructors = tclass.getConstructors()
-    if (constructors.size > 1) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(s"Only expected 1 constructor for FileScanRDD")
+    val constructor = fileScanRddConstructor.getOrElse {
+      val tclass = classOf[org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FileScanRDD]
+      val constructors = tclass.getConstructors()
+      if (constructors.size > 1) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(s"Only expected 1 constructor for FileScanRDD")
+      }
+      val cnstr = constructors(0)
+      fileScanRddConstructor = Some(cnstr)
+      cnstr
     }
-    val constructor = constructors(0)
     val instance = if (constructor.getParameterCount() == 4) {
       constructor.newInstance(sparkSession, readFunction, filePartitions, None)
     } else if (constructor.getParameterCount() == 3) {