diff --git a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AutoProduceBytesSchema.java b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AutoProduceBytesSchema.java
index cc134b57b21e3..9abbf81576d92 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AutoProduceBytesSchema.java
+++ b/pulsar-client/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/client/impl/schema/AutoProduceBytesSchema.java
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@
 public class AutoProduceBytesSchema<T> implements Schema<byte[]> {
 
     @Setter
-    private boolean requireSchemaValidation = true;
-    private Schema<T> schema;
-    private boolean userProvidedSchema;
+    private volatile boolean requireSchemaValidation = true;
+    private volatile Schema<T> schema;
+    private final boolean userProvidedSchema;
 
     public AutoProduceBytesSchema() {
+        this.userProvidedSchema = false;
     }
 
     public AutoProduceBytesSchema(Schema<T> schema) {
@@ -81,11 +82,12 @@ public byte[] encode(byte[] message) {
 
         if (requireSchemaValidation) {
             // verify if the message can be decoded by the underlying schema
-            if (schema instanceof KeyValueSchema
-                    && ((KeyValueSchema) schema).getKeyValueEncodingType().equals(KeyValueEncodingType.SEPARATED)) {
-                ((KeyValueSchema) schema).getValueSchema().validate(message);
+            Schema<T> localSchema = schema;
+            if (localSchema instanceof KeyValueSchema && ((KeyValueSchema) localSchema).getKeyValueEncodingType()
+                    .equals(KeyValueEncodingType.SEPARATED)) {
+                ((KeyValueSchema) localSchema).getValueSchema().validate(message);
             } else {
-                schema.validate(message);
+                localSchema.validate(message);
             }
         }