diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/codegen/CodegenContext.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/codegen/CodegenContext.java
index 1523eee7ff..8ec6cacb86 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/codegen/CodegenContext.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/codegen/CodegenContext.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.fury.Fury;
 import org.apache.fury.codegen.Expression.BaseInvoke;
 import org.apache.fury.codegen.Expression.Reference;
 import org.apache.fury.collection.Collections;
@@ -299,6 +300,9 @@ public String type(Class<?> clz) {
                         c.getClassLoader() == null
                             ? Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader()
                             : c.getClassLoader();
+                    if (beanClassClassLoader == null) {
+                      beanClassClassLoader = Fury.class.getClassLoader();
+                    }
                     beanClassClassLoader.loadClass(hasPackage ? pkg + "." + sn : sn);
                     return Boolean.TRUE;
                   } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {