diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializers.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializers.java
index 32e932087a..60353e7866 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializers.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializers.java
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ public static void registerSerializers(Fury fury, boolean preserveView) {
         new Class[] {
           SubListClass, RandomAccessSubListClass, ArrayListSubListClass, ImmutableSubListClass
         }) {
-      if (preserveView && fury.getConfig().getLanguage() == Language.JAVA) {
-        fury.registerSerializer(cls, new SubListViewSerializer(fury, (Class<List>) cls));
+      if (fury.trackingRef() && preserveView && fury.getConfig().getLanguage() == Language.JAVA) {
+        fury.registerSerializer(cls, new SubListViewSerializer(fury, cls));
       } else {
         fury.registerSerializer(cls, new SubListSerializer(fury, (Class<List>) cls));
       }
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializersTest.java b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializersTest.java
index ee7bf8ad38..738ca0bc15 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializersTest.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/serializer/collection/SubListSerializersTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 public class SubListSerializersTest extends FuryTestBase {
   @Test
   public void testSubListViewSerialization() {
-    Fury fury = builder().build();
+    Fury fury = builder().withRefTracking(true).build();
     List<Integer> data = new ArrayList<>();
     Collections.addAll(data, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7);
     int length = fury.serialize(data).length;
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ public void testSubListViewSerialization() {
 
   @Test
   public void testSubListNoViewSerialization() {
-    Fury fury = builder().build();
-    SubListSerializers.registerSerializers(fury, false);
+    Fury fury = builder().withRefTracking(false).build();
     List<Integer> data = new ArrayList<>();
     Collections.addAll(data, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7);
     int length = fury.serialize(data).length;