diff --git a/python/pyspark/worker.py b/python/pyspark/worker.py
index 4e1de29426bf3..63338016744a0 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/worker.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/worker.py
@@ -214,6 +214,13 @@ def input_type(self) -> Optional[DataType]:
             return None
         return _parse_datatype_json_string(input_type)
 
+    @property
+    def table_arg_offsets(self) -> Optional[list[int]]:
+        offsets = self.get("table_arg_offsets", None)
+        if offsets is None:
+            return None
+        return [int(x) for x in offsets.split(",") if x]
+
 
 def report_times(outfile, boot, init, finish, processing_time_ms):
     write_int(SpecialLengths.TIMING_DATA, outfile)
@@ -1258,15 +1265,14 @@ def read_single_udf(pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf, udf_index):
 # It expects the UDTF to be in a specific format and performs various checks to
 # ensure the UDTF is valid. This function also prepares a mapper function for applying
 # the UDTF logic to input rows.
-def read_udtf(pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf):
+def read_udtf(pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf, eval_conf):
     if eval_type == PythonEvalType.SQL_ARROW_TABLE_UDF:
-        input_type = _parse_datatype_json_string(utf8_deserializer.loads(infile))
         if runner_conf.use_legacy_pandas_udtf_conversion:
             # NOTE: if timezone is set here, that implies respectSessionTimeZone is True
             ser = ArrowStreamPandasUDTFSerializer(
                 timezone=runner_conf.timezone,
                 safecheck=runner_conf.safecheck,
-                input_type=input_type,
+                input_type=eval_conf.input_type,
                 prefer_int_ext_dtype=runner_conf.prefer_int_ext_dtype,
                 int_to_decimal_coercion_enabled=runner_conf.int_to_decimal_coercion_enabled,
             )
@@ -1274,10 +1280,8 @@ def read_udtf(pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf):
             ser = ArrowStreamUDTFSerializer()
     elif eval_type == PythonEvalType.SQL_ARROW_UDTF:
         # Read the table argument offsets
-        num_table_arg_offsets = read_int(infile)
-        table_arg_offsets = [read_int(infile) for _ in range(num_table_arg_offsets)]
         # Use PyArrow-native serializer for Arrow UDTFs with potential UDT support
-        ser = ArrowStreamArrowUDTFSerializer(table_arg_offsets=table_arg_offsets)
+        ser = ArrowStreamArrowUDTFSerializer(table_arg_offsets=eval_conf.table_arg_offsets)
     else:
         # Each row is a group so do not batch but send one by one.
         ser = BatchedSerializer(CPickleSerializer(), 1)
@@ -2185,7 +2189,7 @@ def mapper(_, it):
                         none_on_identity=True,
                         binary_as_bytes=runner_conf.binary_as_bytes,
                     )
-                    for f in input_type
+                    for f in eval_conf.input_type
                 ]
                 for a in it:
                     pylist = [
@@ -3525,7 +3529,7 @@ def main(infile, outfile):
             PythonEvalType.SQL_ARROW_UDTF,
         ):
             func, profiler, deserializer, serializer = read_udtf(
-                pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf
+                pickleSer, infile, eval_type, runner_conf, eval_conf
             )
         else:
             func, profiler, deserializer, serializer = read_udfs(
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonUDTFRunner.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonUDTFRunner.scala
index 818a05cbdd667..a3c9f2f459266 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonUDTFRunner.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/python/ArrowPythonUDTFRunner.scala
@@ -53,21 +53,22 @@ class ArrowPythonUDTFRunner(
 
   override protected def runnerConf: Map[String, String] = super.runnerConf ++ pythonRunnerConf
 
-  override protected def writeUDF(dataOut: DataOutputStream): Unit = {
-    // For arrow-optimized Python UDTFs (@udtf(useArrow=True)), we need to write
-    // the schema to the worker to support UDT (user-defined type).
-    // Currently, UDT is not supported in PyArrow native UDTFs (arrow_udf)
+  override protected def evalConf: Map[String, String] = {
     if (evalType == PythonEvalType.SQL_ARROW_TABLE_UDF) {
-      PythonWorkerUtils.writeUTF(schema.json, dataOut)
-    }
-    // Write the table argument offsets for Arrow UDTFs.
-    else if (evalType == PythonEvalType.SQL_ARROW_UDTF) {
+      super.evalConf ++ Map(
+        "input_type" -> schema.json
+      )
+    } else {
       val tableArgOffsets = argMetas.collect {
         case ArgumentMetadata(offset, _, isTableArg) if isTableArg => offset
       }
-      dataOut.writeInt(tableArgOffsets.length)
-      tableArgOffsets.foreach(dataOut.writeInt(_))
+      super.evalConf ++ Map(
+        "table_arg_offsets" -> tableArgOffsets.mkString(",")
+      )
     }
+  }
+
+  override protected def writeUDF(dataOut: DataOutputStream): Unit = {
     PythonUDTFRunner.writeUDTF(dataOut, udtf, argMetas)
   }