diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/VolcanoFeatureStep.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/VolcanoFeatureStep.scala
index 1a06f7ee0bf6f..314550713ef16 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/VolcanoFeatureStep.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/k8s/features/VolcanoFeatureStep.scala
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ private[spark] class VolcanoFeatureStep extends KubernetesDriverCustomFeatureCon
         "for executor.")
       return Seq.empty
     }
-    val client = new DefaultVolcanoClient
+    lazy val client = new DefaultVolcanoClient
     val template = kubernetesConf.getOption(POD_GROUP_TEMPLATE_FILE_KEY)
     val pg = template.map(client.podGroups.load(_).item).getOrElse(new PodGroup())
     var metadata = pg.getMetadata