diff --git a/weed/mq/schema/to_parquet_value.go b/weed/mq/schema/to_parquet_value.go
index e80b96396..22a93de67 100644
--- a/weed/mq/schema/to_parquet_value.go
+++ b/weed/mq/schema/to_parquet_value.go
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@ func rowBuilderVisit(rowBuilder *parquet.RowBuilder, fieldType *schema_pb.Type,
 	return
 }
 
-func AddRecordValue(rowBuilder *parquet.RowBuilder, recordType *schema_pb.RecordType, recordValue *schema_pb.RecordValue) error {
-	parquetLevels, err := ToParquetLevels(recordType)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+func AddRecordValue(rowBuilder *parquet.RowBuilder, recordType *schema_pb.RecordType, parquetLevels *ParquetLevels, recordValue *schema_pb.RecordValue) error {
 	visitor := func(fieldType *schema_pb.Type, levels *ParquetLevels, fieldValue *schema_pb.Value) (err error) {
 		return rowBuilderVisit(rowBuilder, fieldType, levels, fieldValue)
 	}
diff --git a/weed/mq/schema/to_schema_value.go b/weed/mq/schema/to_schema_value.go
index ac57ca430..18c1c3b5c 100644
--- a/weed/mq/schema/to_schema_value.go
+++ b/weed/mq/schema/to_schema_value.go
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ import (
 // ToRecordValue converts a parquet.Row to a schema_pb.RecordValue
 // This does not work or did not test with nested structures.
 // Using this may fail to convert the parquet.Row to schema_pb.RecordValue
-func ToRecordValue(recordType *schema_pb.RecordType, row parquet.Row) (*schema_pb.RecordValue, error) {
-	parquetLevels, err := ToParquetLevels(recordType)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func ToRecordValue(recordType *schema_pb.RecordType, parquetLevels *ParquetLevels, row parquet.Row) (*schema_pb.RecordValue, error) {
 	values := []parquet.Value(row)
 	recordValue, _, err := toRecordValue(recordType, parquetLevels, values, 0)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/weed/mq/schema/write_parquet_test.go b/weed/mq/schema/write_parquet_test.go
index 928dab1d3..ac2d6b154 100644
--- a/weed/mq/schema/write_parquet_test.go
+++ b/weed/mq/schema/write_parquet_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ func TestWriteReadParquet(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testWritingParquetFile(t *testing.T, count int, filename string, parquetSchema *parquet.Schema, recordType *schema_pb.RecordType) {
+	parquetLevels, err := ToParquetLevels(recordType)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ToParquetLevels failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// create a parquet file
 	file, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_WRONLY, 0664)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ func testWritingParquetFile(t *testing.T, count int, filename string, parquetSch
 					fmt.Sprintf("john_%d@d.com", i),
 					fmt.Sprintf("john_%d@e.com", i))).
 			AddStringValue("Company", fmt.Sprintf("company_%d", i)).Build()
-		AddRecordValue(rowBuilder, recordType, recordValue)
+		AddRecordValue(rowBuilder, recordType, parquetLevels, recordValue)
 
 		if count < 10 {
 			fmt.Printf("RecordValue: %v\n", recordValue)
@@ -101,6 +106,11 @@ func testWritingParquetFile(t *testing.T, count int, filename string, parquetSch
 }
 
 func testReadingParquetFile(t *testing.T, filename string, parquetSchema *parquet.Schema, recordType *schema_pb.RecordType) (total int) {
+	parquetLevels, err := ToParquetLevels(recordType)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ToParquetLevels failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// read the parquet file
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -120,7 +130,7 @@ func testReadingParquetFile(t *testing.T, filename string, parquetSchema *parque
 		for i := 0; i < rowCount; i++ {
 			row := rows[i]
 			// convert parquet row to schema_pb.RecordValue
-			recordValue, err := ToRecordValue(recordType, row)
+			recordValue, err := ToRecordValue(recordType, parquetLevels, row)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("ToRecordValue failed: %v", err)
 			}