diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
index 46ec75edb9734..c6a50a1c977f4 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/bigquery_schema_gen.py
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ def get_tables_for_dataset(
             # https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/information-schema-partitions
             max_batch_size: int = (
                 self.config.number_of_datasets_process_in_batch
-                if not self.config.is_profiling_enabled()
+                if not self.config.have_table_data_read_permission
                 else self.config.number_of_datasets_process_in_batch_if_profiling_enabled
             )