diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
index 58519014b4..e46425a7a7 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
@@ -325,11 +325,7 @@ def _to_df_internal(self) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
     def _to_arrow_internal(self) -> pyarrow.Table:
         """Return dataset as pyarrow Table synchronously"""
-
-        # write to temp parquet and then load it as pyarrow table from disk
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
-            self.to_spark_df().write.parquet(temp_dir, mode="overwrite")
-            return pq.read_table(temp_dir)
+        return pyarrow.Table.from_pandas(self._to_df_internal())
 
     def persist(self, storage: SavedDatasetStorage, allow_overwrite: bool = False):
         """