diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometScanExec.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometScanExec.scala
index 6151a43797..4622a694b7 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometScanExec.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/CometScanExec.scala
@@ -85,12 +85,8 @@ case class CometScanExec(
 
   private lazy val driverMetrics: HashMap[String, Long] = HashMap.empty
 
-  /**
-   * Send the driver-side metrics. Before calling this function, selectedPartitions has been
-   * initialized. See SPARK-26327 for more details.
-   */
-  private def sendDriverMetrics(): Unit = {
-    driverMetrics.foreach(e => metrics(e._1).add(e._2))
+  @transient private lazy val setDriverMetrics: Unit = {
+    driverMetrics.foreach(e => metrics(e._1).set(e._2))
     val executionId = sparkContext.getLocalProperty(SQLExecution.EXECUTION_ID_KEY)
     SQLMetrics.postDriverMetricUpdates(
       sparkContext,
@@ -98,6 +94,12 @@ case class CometScanExec(
       metrics.filter(e => driverMetrics.contains(e._1)).values.toSeq)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Send the driver-side metrics. Before calling this function, selectedPartitions has been
+   * initialized. See SPARK-26327 for more details.
+   */
+  private def sendDriverMetrics(): Unit = setDriverMetrics
+
   private def isDynamicPruningFilter(e: Expression): Boolean =
     e.find(_.isInstanceOf[PlanExpression[_]]).isDefined
 
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/exec/CometExecSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/exec/CometExecSuite.scala
index aff1816265..60497126ff 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/exec/CometExecSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/comet/exec/CometExecSuite.scala
@@ -2173,6 +2173,38 @@ class CometExecSuite extends CometTestBase {
     }
   }
 
+  test("Native_datafusion reports correct files and bytes scanned") {
+    withTempDir { dir =>
+      val path = new java.io.File(dir, "test_metrics").getAbsolutePath
+      spark.range(100).repartition(2).write.mode("overwrite").parquet(path)
+
+      withSQLConf(
+        CometConf.COMET_ENABLED.key -> "true",
+        CometConf.COMET_EXEC_ENABLED.key -> "true") {
+        val df = spark.read.parquet(path)
+
+        // Trigger two different actions to ensure metrics are not duplicated
+        df.count()
+        df.collect()
+
+        val scanNode = stripAQEPlan(df.queryExecution.executedPlan)
+          .collectFirst {
+            case n: org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometNativeScanExec => n
+            case n: org.apache.spark.sql.comet.CometScanExec => n
+          }
+          .getOrElse {
+            fail(
+              s"Comet scan node not found in the physical plan. Plan: \n${df.queryExecution.executedPlan}")
+          }
+
+        val numFiles = scanNode.metrics("numFiles").value
+        assert(
+          numFiles == 2,
+          s"Expected exactly 2 files to be scanned, but got metrics reporting $numFiles")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 }
 
 case class BucketedTableTestSpec(