diff --git a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ColumnarPartialProjectExec.scala b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ColumnarPartialProjectExec.scala
index 435fd239b364..500c70fefaf7 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ColumnarPartialProjectExec.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ColumnarPartialProjectExec.scala
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ case class ColumnarPartialProjectExec(original: ProjectExec, child: SparkPlan)(
   }
 
   override protected def doValidateInternal(): ValidationResult = {
-    if (!GlutenConfig.get.enableColumnarPartialProject) {
-      return ValidationResult.failed("Config disable this feature")
-    }
     if (UDFAttrNotExists) {
       return ValidationResult.failed("Attribute in the UDF does not exists in its child")
     }
diff --git a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/extension/PartialProjectRule.scala b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/extension/PartialProjectRule.scala
index 73d1651e2fdb..f345a9a40c1d 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/extension/PartialProjectRule.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/main/scala/org/apache/gluten/extension/PartialProjectRule.scala
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.gluten.extension
 
+import org.apache.gluten.config.GlutenConfig
 import org.apache.gluten.execution.ColumnarPartialProjectExec
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{ProjectExec, SparkPlan}
 
 case class PartialProjectRule(spark: SparkSession) extends Rule[SparkPlan] {
   override def apply(plan: SparkPlan): SparkPlan = {
+    if (!GlutenConfig.get.enableColumnarPartialProject) {
+      return plan
+    }
     plan.transformUp {
       case plan: ProjectExec =>
         val transformer = ColumnarPartialProjectExec.create(plan)