diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coder_impl.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coder_impl.py
index 1e3bb2ece92a..3e0b5218b166 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coder_impl.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coder_impl.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 import decimal
 import enum
-import functools
 import itertools
 import json
 import logging
@@ -376,18 +375,6 @@ def _verify_dill_compat():
     raise RuntimeError(base_error + f". Found dill version '{dill.__version__}")
 
 
-dataclass_uses_kw_only: Callable[[Any], bool]
-if dataclasses:
-  # Cache the result to avoid multiple checks for the same dataclass type.
-  @functools.cache
-  def dataclass_uses_kw_only(cls) -> bool:
-    return any(
-        field.init and field.kw_only for field in dataclasses.fields(cls))
-
-else:
-  dataclass_uses_kw_only = lambda cls: False
-
-
 class FastPrimitivesCoderImpl(StreamCoderImpl):
   """For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees."""
   def __init__(
@@ -518,7 +505,7 @@ def encode_special_deterministic(self, value, stream):
             (value, type(value), self.requires_deterministic_step_label))
       init_fields = [field for field in dataclasses.fields(value) if field.init]
       try:
-        if dataclass_uses_kw_only(type(value)):
+        if any(field.kw_only for field in init_fields):
           stream.write_byte(DATACLASS_KW_ONLY_TYPE)
           self.encode_type(type(value), stream)
           stream.write_var_int64(len(init_fields))
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coders_test_common.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coders_test_common.py
index 8f89ab9602c1..fcc5e6ac58bf 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coders_test_common.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/coders_test_common.py
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ class UnFrozenDataClass:
     x: int
     y: int
 
+  @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True, kw_only=True)
+  class FrozenUnInitKwOnlyDataClass:
+    side: int
+    area: int = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+      # Hack to update an attribute in a frozen dataclass.
+      object.__setattr__(self, 'area', self.side**2)
+
 
 # These tests need to all be run in the same process due to the asserts
 # in tearDownClass.
@@ -309,6 +318,8 @@ def test_deterministic_coder(self, compat_version):
     if dataclasses is not None:
       self.check_coder(deterministic_coder, FrozenDataClass(1, 2))
       self.check_coder(deterministic_coder, FrozenKwOnlyDataClass(c=1, d=2))
+      self.check_coder(
+          deterministic_coder, FrozenUnInitKwOnlyDataClass(side=11))
 
       with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
         self.check_coder(deterministic_coder, UnFrozenDataClass(1, 2))
@@ -750,6 +761,7 @@ def test_cross_process_encoding_of_special_types_is_deterministic(
         from apache_beam.coders.coders_test_common import DefinesGetAndSetState
         from apache_beam.coders.coders_test_common import FrozenDataClass
         from apache_beam.coders.coders_test_common import FrozenKwOnlyDataClass
+        from apache_beam.coders.coders_test_common import FrozenUnInitKwOnlyDataClass
 
 
         from apache_beam.coders import proto2_coder_test_messages_pb2 as test_message
@@ -786,7 +798,7 @@ def test_cross_process_encoding_of_special_types_is_deterministic(
             ("frozen_dataclass", FrozenDataClass(1, 2)),
             ("frozen_dataclass_list", [FrozenDataClass(1, 2), FrozenDataClass(3, 4)]),
             ("frozen_kwonly_dataclass", FrozenKwOnlyDataClass(c=1, d=2)),
-            ("frozen_kwonly_dataclass_list", [FrozenKwOnlyDataClass(c=1, d=2), FrozenKwOnlyDataClass(c=3, d=4)]),
+            ("frozen_kwonly_dataclass_list", [FrozenKwOnlyDataClass(c=1, d=2), FrozenUnInitKwOnlyDataClass(side=3)]),
         ])
 
         compat_version = {'"'+ compat_version +'"' if compat_version else None}