diff --git a/datafusion/ffi/src/catalog_provider.rs b/datafusion/ffi/src/catalog_provider.rs
index 61e26f1663532..ff588a89a71b3 100644
--- a/datafusion/ffi/src/catalog_provider.rs
+++ b/datafusion/ffi/src/catalog_provider.rs
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@ impl FFI_CatalogProvider {
         runtime: Option<Handle>,
         logical_codec: FFI_LogicalExtensionCodec,
     ) -> Self {
+        if let Some(provider) = provider.as_any().downcast_ref::<ForeignCatalogProvider>()
+        {
+            return provider.0.clone();
+        }
+
         let private_data = Box::new(ProviderPrivateData { provider, runtime });
 
         Self {
diff --git a/datafusion/ffi/src/schema_provider.rs b/datafusion/ffi/src/schema_provider.rs
index b8e44b134f87b..5d1348e2328f7 100644
--- a/datafusion/ffi/src/schema_provider.rs
+++ b/datafusion/ffi/src/schema_provider.rs
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ impl FFI_SchemaProvider {
         runtime: Option<Handle>,
         logical_codec: FFI_LogicalExtensionCodec,
     ) -> Self {
+        if let Some(provider) = provider.as_any().downcast_ref::<ForeignSchemaProvider>()
+        {
+            return provider.0.clone();
+        }
+
         let owner_name = provider.owner_name().map(|s| s.into()).into();
         let private_data = Box::new(ProviderPrivateData { provider, runtime });
 
diff --git a/datafusion/ffi/src/table_provider.rs b/datafusion/ffi/src/table_provider.rs
index df8b648026d3e..c6940a67de62a 100644
--- a/datafusion/ffi/src/table_provider.rs
+++ b/datafusion/ffi/src/table_provider.rs
@@ -390,6 +390,9 @@ impl FFI_TableProvider {
         runtime: Option<Handle>,
         logical_codec: FFI_LogicalExtensionCodec,
     ) -> Self {
+        if let Some(provider) = provider.as_any().downcast_ref::<ForeignTableProvider>() {
+            return provider.0.clone();
+        }
         let private_data = Box::new(ProviderPrivateData { provider, runtime });
 
         Self {