diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TableRepository.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
index d64921087d0..35d2b44f8c3 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/jdbi3/TableRepository.java
@@ -588,8 +588,6 @@ public class TableRepository extends EntityRepository<Table> {
     table.setProfile(tableProfile);
     if (includeColumnProfile) {
       setColumnProfile(table.getColumns());
-    } else {
-      table.setColumns(null);
     }
 
     // Set the column tags. Will be used to hide the data
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
index 3e1d39d0e95..97a5f555dd8 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/resources/databases/TableResourceTest.java
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ public class TableResourceTest extends EntityResourceTest<Table, CreateTable> {
     table1 = getLatestTableProfile(table1.getFullyQualifiedName(), ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
     verifyTableProfile(table1.getProfile(), table1ProfileList.get(table1ProfileList.size() - 1));
     table1 = getLatestTableProfile(table1.getFullyQualifiedName(), false, ADMIN_AUTH_HEADERS);
-    assertNull(table1.getColumns());
+    assertNotNull(table1.getColumns());
 
     // Table profile with column profile as null
     timestamp = TestUtils.dateToTimestamp("2022-09-09");
diff --git a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/data/table.json b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/data/table.json
index adc7df353b0..b1e84845106 100644
--- a/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/data/table.json
+++ b/openmetadata-spec/src/main/resources/json/schema/entity/data/table.json
@@ -1003,8 +1003,7 @@
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
         "$ref": "#/definitions/column"
-      },
-      "default": null
+      }
     },
     "tableConstraints": {
       "description": "Table constraints.",