diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/controlprogram/caching/MatrixObject.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/controlprogram/caching/MatrixObject.java
index 4fd2b06..61bc5b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/controlprogram/caching/MatrixObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/controlprogram/caching/MatrixObject.java
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@
 			DataConverter.readMatrixFromHDFS(fname, iimd.getFileFormat(), rlen,
 			clen, mc.getBlocksize(), mc.getNonZeros(), getFileFormatProperties());
 		
+		if(iimd.getFileFormat() == FileFormat.CSV){
+			_metaData = _metaData instanceof MetaDataFormat ?
+				new MetaDataFormat(newData.getDataCharacteristics(), iimd.getFileFormat()) :
+				new MetaData(newData.getDataCharacteristics());
+		}
+		
 		setHDFSFileExists(true);
 		
 		//sanity check correct output