diff --git a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/io_ray_runtime_task_NativeTaskSubmitter.cc b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/io_ray_runtime_task_NativeTaskSubmitter.cc
index 858723da1..50e4126cd 100644
--- a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/io_ray_runtime_task_NativeTaskSubmitter.cc
+++ b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/io_ray_runtime_task_NativeTaskSubmitter.cc
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ inline ActorCreationOptions ToActorCreationOptions(JNIEnv *env,
     auto java_actor_lifetime = (jobject)env->GetObjectField(
         actorCreationOptions, java_actor_creation_options_lifetime);
     if (java_actor_lifetime != nullptr) {
-      is_detached = std::make_optional<bool>(
-          env->IsSameObject(java_actor_lifetime, STATUS_DETACHED));
+      int java_actor_lifetime_ordinal_value =
+          env->CallIntMethod(java_actor_lifetime, java_actor_lifetime_ordinal);
+      is_detached = java_actor_lifetime_ordinal_value == DETACHED_LIFETIME_ORDINAL_VALUE;
     }
 
     max_restarts =
diff --git a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_init.cc b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_init.cc
index ff5e5542f..1115adb41 100644
--- a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_init.cc
+++ b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_init.cc
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ jfieldID java_actor_creation_options_serialized_runtime_env;
 jfieldID java_actor_creation_options_max_pending_calls;
 
 jclass java_actor_lifetime_class;
-jobject STATUS_DETACHED;
+int DETACHED_LIFETIME_ORDINAL_VALUE;
+jmethodID java_actor_lifetime_ordinal;
 
 jclass java_placement_group_creation_options_class;
 jclass java_placement_group_creation_options_strategy_class;
@@ -366,10 +367,14 @@ jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM *vm, void *reserved) {
       env->GetFieldID(java_actor_creation_options_class, "maxPendingCalls", "I");
 
   java_actor_lifetime_class = LoadClass(env, "io/ray/api/options/ActorLifetime");
+  java_actor_lifetime_ordinal =
+      env->GetMethodID(java_actor_lifetime_class, "ordinal", "()I");
   jfieldID java_actor_lifetime_detached_field = env->GetStaticFieldID(
       java_actor_lifetime_class, "DETACHED", "Lio/ray/api/options/ActorLifetime;");
-  STATUS_DETACHED = env->GetStaticObjectField(java_actor_lifetime_class,
-                                              java_actor_lifetime_detached_field);
+  jobject status_detached = env->GetStaticObjectField(java_actor_lifetime_class,
+                                                      java_actor_lifetime_detached_field);
+  DETACHED_LIFETIME_ORDINAL_VALUE =
+      env->CallIntMethod(status_detached, java_actor_lifetime_ordinal);
 
   java_concurrency_group_impl_class =
       LoadClass(env, "io/ray/runtime/ConcurrencyGroupImpl");
diff --git a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
index c59e9430c..805fd7c0e 100644
--- a/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
+++ b/src/ray/core_worker/lib/java/jni_utils.h
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ extern jfieldID java_actor_creation_options_serialized_runtime_env;
 extern jfieldID java_actor_creation_options_max_pending_calls;
 /// ActorLifetime enum class
 extern jclass java_actor_lifetime_class;
-/// Enum DETACHED of ActorLifetime class
-extern jobject STATUS_DETACHED;
+/// ordinal method of ActorLifetime class
+extern jmethodID java_actor_lifetime_ordinal;
+/// ordinal value of Enum DETACHED of ActorLifetime class
+extern int DETACHED_LIFETIME_ORDINAL_VALUE;
 /// ConcurrencyGroupImpl class
 extern jclass java_concurrency_group_impl_class;
 /// getFunctionDescriptors method of ConcurrencyGroupImpl class