diff --git a/gobblin-iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/iceberg/publisher/GobblinMCEPublisher.java b/gobblin-iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/iceberg/publisher/GobblinMCEPublisher.java
index ffeefaa0866..eceece3b0e9 100644
--- a/gobblin-iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/iceberg/publisher/GobblinMCEPublisher.java
+++ b/gobblin-iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/iceberg/publisher/GobblinMCEPublisher.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.PriorityQueue;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -83,7 +84,6 @@ public class GobblinMCEPublisher extends DataPublisher {
   public static final String SERIALIZED_AUDIT_COUNT_MAP_KEY = "serializedAuditCountMap";
 
   public GobblinMCEPublisher(State state) throws IOException {
-
     this(state, GobblinMCEProducer.getGobblinMCEProducer(state));
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public GobblinMCEPublisher(State state, GobblinMCEProducer producer) {
   public void publishData(Collection<? extends WorkUnitState> states) throws IOException {
     // First aggregate the new files by partition
     for (State state : states) {
-      Map<Path, Metrics> newFiles = computeFileMetrics(state);
+      Map<Path, Metrics> newFiles = computeFileMetrics(state, state.getPropAsList(NEW_FILES_LIST, ""));
       Map<String, String> offsetRange = getPartitionOffsetRange(OFFSET_RANGE_KEY);
       if (newFiles.isEmpty()) {
         // There'll be only one dummy file here. This file is parsed for DB and table name calculation.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public void publishData(Collection<? extends WorkUnitState> states) throws IOExc
     }
   }
 
-  private Map<String, String> getPartitionOffsetRange(String offsetKey) {
+  protected Map<String, String> getPartitionOffsetRange(String offsetKey) {
     return state.getPropAsList(offsetKey)
         .stream()
         .collect(Collectors.toMap(s -> s.split(MAP_DELIMITER_KEY)[0], s -> s.split(MAP_DELIMITER_KEY)[1]));
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ private Map<String, String> getPartitionOffsetRange(String offsetKey) {
    * and calculate the hive spec for each datafile and submit the task to register that datafile
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  private Map<Path, Metrics> computeFileMetrics(State state) throws IOException {
+  protected Map<Path, Metrics> computeFileMetrics(State state, List<String> fileList) throws IOException {
     Map<Path, Metrics> newFiles = new HashMap<>();
     NameMapping mapping = getNameMapping();
     FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
-    for (final String pathString : state.getPropAsList(NEW_FILES_LIST, "")) {
+    for (final String pathString : fileList) {
       Path path = new Path(pathString);
       LinkedList<FileStatus> fileStatuses = new LinkedList<>();
       fileStatuses.add(fs.getFileStatus(path));
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private Map<Path, Metrics> computeFileMetrics(State state) throws IOException {
    * It's used in GMCE writer {@link GobblinMCEWriter} merely for getting the DB and table name.
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  private Map<Path, Metrics> computeDummyFile(State state) throws IOException {
+  protected Map<Path, Metrics> computeDummyFile(State state) throws IOException {
     Map<Path, Metrics> newFiles = new HashMap<>();
     FileSystem fs = FileSystem.get(conf);
     if (!state.contains(ConfigurationKeys.DATA_PUBLISHER_DATASET_DIR)) {