diff --git a/extensions/lifecycle/bucketProcessor/LifecycleBucketProcessor.js b/extensions/lifecycle/bucketProcessor/LifecycleBucketProcessor.js
index e402f7bc5..28e73f27a 100644
--- a/extensions/lifecycle/bucketProcessor/LifecycleBucketProcessor.js
+++ b/extensions/lifecycle/bucketProcessor/LifecycleBucketProcessor.js
@@ -210,10 +210,10 @@ class LifecycleBucketProcessor {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return an backbeat client instance
+     * Return metadata proxy with backbeat client
      * @param {String} canonicalId - The canonical ID of the bucket owner.
      * @param {String} accountId - The account ID of the bucket owner .
-     * @return {BackbeatClient} The S3 client instance to make requests with
+     * @return {BackbeatMetadataProxy} backbeatMetadataProxy - The metadata proxy with backbeat client
      */
     _getBackbeatClient(canonicalId, accountId) {
         const credentials = this.credentialsManager.getCredentials({
@@ -228,22 +228,21 @@ class LifecycleBucketProcessor {
         }
 
         const clientId = canonicalId;
-        const client = this.backbeatClients[clientId];
+        let client = this.backbeatClients[clientId];
+
+        if (!client) {
+            client = createBackbeatClient({
+                transport: this._transport,
+                port: this._s3Config.port,
+                host: this._s3Config.host,
+                credentials,
+                agent: this.s3Agent,
+            });
 
-        if (client) {
-            return client;
+            this.backbeatClients[clientId] = client;
         }
 
-        this.backbeatClients[clientId] = createBackbeatClient({
-            transport: this._transport,
-            port: this._s3Config.port,
-            host: this._s3Config.host,
-            credentials,
-            agent: this.s3Agent,
-        });
-
-        return new BackbeatMetadataProxy(this._lcConfig)
-            .setBackbeatClient(this.backbeatClients[clientId]);
+        return new BackbeatMetadataProxy(this._lcConfig).setBackbeatClient(client);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleBucketProcessor.spec.js b/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleBucketProcessor.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0826b3de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleBucketProcessor.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+'use strict'; // eslint-disable-line
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const LifecycleBucketProcessor = require('../../../extensions/lifecycle/bucketProcessor/LifecycleBucketProcessor');
+const BackbeatMetadataProxy = require('../../../lib/BackbeatMetadataProxy');
+
+const zkConfig = {};
+const kafkaConfig = {};
+const lcConfig = { auth: {}, bucketProcessor: {} };
+const repConfig = {};
+const s3Config = { host: 'init.test.host', port: 8000 };
+
+describe('LifecycleBucketProcessor', () => {
+    describe('_getBackbeatClient', () => {
+        let lbp;
+
+        beforeEach(() => {
+            lbp = new LifecycleBucketProcessor(zkConfig, kafkaConfig, lcConfig, repConfig, s3Config, 'http');
+            lbp.credentialsManager = {
+                getCredentials() {
+                    return {
+                        accessKeyId: 'ak0',
+                        secretAccessKey: 'sk0',
+                    };
+                },
+            };
+        });
+
+        it('should return an instance of BackbeatMetadataProxy', () => {
+            const canonicalId = 'cid0';
+            const accountId = 'id0';
+            const client = lbp._getBackbeatClient(canonicalId, accountId);
+
+            assert.ok(client instanceof BackbeatMetadataProxy, 'client is not an instance of BackbeatMetadataProxy');
+        });
+
+        it('should return an instance of BackbeatMetadataProxy after caching', () => {
+            const canonicalId = 'cid0';
+            const accountId = 'id0';
+            lbp._getBackbeatClient(canonicalId, accountId);
+            const client = lbp._getBackbeatClient(canonicalId, accountId);
+
+            assert.ok(client instanceof BackbeatMetadataProxy, 'client is not an instance of BackbeatMetadataProxy');
+        });
+    });
+});