diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java b/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
index e0261ff4f..741404e40 100644
--- a/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/Options.java
@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ public class Options extends RocksObject {
    */
   public Options setMemTableConfig(MemTableConfig config)
       throws RocksDBException {
+    memTableConfig_ = config;
     setMemTableFactory(nativeHandle_, config.newMemTableFactoryHandle());
     return this;
   }
@@ -1168,6 +1169,7 @@ public class Options extends RocksObject {
    * @throws RocksDBException
    */
   public Options setRateLimiterConfig(RateLimiterConfig config) {
+    rateLimiterConfig_ = config;
     setRateLimiter(nativeHandle_, config.newRateLimiterHandle());
     return this;
   }
@@ -1191,6 +1193,7 @@ public class Options extends RocksObject {
    * @return the reference of the current Options.
    */
   public Options setTableFormatConfig(TableFormatConfig config) {
+    tableFormatConfig_ = config;
     setTableFactory(nativeHandle_, config.newTableFactoryHandle());
     return this;
   }
@@ -2280,4 +2283,7 @@ public class Options extends RocksObject {
   long cacheSize_;
   int numShardBits_;
   RocksEnv env_;
+  MemTableConfig memTableConfig_;
+  TableFormatConfig tableFormatConfig_;
+  RateLimiterConfig rateLimiterConfig_;
 }
diff --git a/java/org/rocksdb/test/FilterTest.java b/java/org/rocksdb/test/FilterTest.java
index 00214d033..fc4fabf56 100644
--- a/java/org/rocksdb/test/FilterTest.java
+++ b/java/org/rocksdb/test/FilterTest.java
@@ -13,19 +13,30 @@ public class FilterTest {
   }
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     Options options = new Options();
-    // test table config without filter
+    // test table config
     BlockBasedTableConfig blockConfig = new BlockBasedTableConfig();
-    options.setTableFormatConfig(blockConfig);
+    options.setTableFormatConfig(new BlockBasedTableConfig().
+        setFilter(new BloomFilter()));
     options.dispose();
+    System.gc();
+    System.runFinalization();
     // new Bloom filter
     options = new Options();
     blockConfig = new BlockBasedTableConfig();
     blockConfig.setFilter(new BloomFilter());
     options.setTableFormatConfig(blockConfig);
-    blockConfig.setFilter(new BloomFilter(10));
+    BloomFilter bloomFilter = new BloomFilter(10);
+    blockConfig.setFilter(bloomFilter);
     options.setTableFormatConfig(blockConfig);
+    System.gc();
+    System.runFinalization();
     blockConfig.setFilter(new BloomFilter(10, false));
     options.setTableFormatConfig(blockConfig);
+    options.dispose();
+    options = null;
+    blockConfig = null;
+    System.gc();
+    System.runFinalization();
     System.out.println("Filter test passed");
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/rocksjni/filter.cc b/java/rocksjni/filter.cc
index 1b5d368b6..2ce17d499 100644
--- a/java/rocksjni/filter.cc
+++ b/java/rocksjni/filter.cc
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 void Java_org_rocksdb_BloomFilter_createNewBloomFilter(
     JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj, jint bits_per_key,
     jboolean use_block_base_builder) {
-  const rocksdb::FilterPolicy* fp = rocksdb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(bits_per_key,
-       use_block_base_builder);
-  rocksdb::FilterJni::setHandle(env, jobj, fp);
+  rocksdb::FilterPolicy* fp = const_cast<rocksdb::FilterPolicy *>(
+      rocksdb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(bits_per_key, use_block_base_builder));
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *pFilterPolicy =
+      new std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy>;
+  *pFilterPolicy = std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy>(fp);
+  rocksdb::FilterJni::setHandle(env, jobj, pFilterPolicy);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -35,6 +38,9 @@ void Java_org_rocksdb_BloomFilter_createNewBloomFilter(
  * Signature: (J)V
  */
 void Java_org_rocksdb_Filter_disposeInternal(
-    JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj, jlong handle) {
-  delete reinterpret_cast<rocksdb::FilterPolicy*>(handle);
+    JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj, jlong jhandle) {
+
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *handle =
+      reinterpret_cast<std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *>(jhandle);
+  handle->reset();
 }
diff --git a/java/rocksjni/portal.h b/java/rocksjni/portal.h
index 14b2cb98a..8300a6e66 100644
--- a/java/rocksjni/portal.h
+++ b/java/rocksjni/portal.h
@@ -313,14 +313,16 @@ class FilterJni {
   }
 
   // Get the pointer to rocksdb::FilterPolicy.
-  static rocksdb::FilterPolicy* getHandle(JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj) {
-    return reinterpret_cast<rocksdb::FilterPolicy*>(
+  static std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy>* getHandle(
+      JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj) {
+    return reinterpret_cast
+        <std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *>(
         env->GetLongField(jobj, getHandleFieldID(env)));
   }
 
   // Pass the rocksdb::FilterPolicy pointer to the java side.
   static void setHandle(
-      JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj, const rocksdb::FilterPolicy* op) {
+      JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj, std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy>* op) {
     env->SetLongField(
         jobj, getHandleFieldID(env),
         reinterpret_cast<jlong>(op));
diff --git a/java/rocksjni/table.cc b/java/rocksjni/table.cc
index 846526292..1582900f3 100644
--- a/java/rocksjni/table.cc
+++ b/java/rocksjni/table.cc
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ jlong Java_org_rocksdb_BlockBasedTableConfig_newTableFactoryHandle(
   options.block_restart_interval = block_restart_interval;
   options.whole_key_filtering = whole_key_filtering;
   if (jfilterPolicy > 0) {
-    options.filter_policy.reset(
-        reinterpret_cast<rocksdb::FilterPolicy*>(jfilterPolicy));
+    std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *pFilterPolicy =
+        reinterpret_cast<std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::FilterPolicy> *>(
+            jfilterPolicy);
+    options.filter_policy = *pFilterPolicy;
   }
   options.cache_index_and_filter_blocks = cache_index_and_filter_blocks;
   options.hash_index_allow_collision = hash_index_allow_collision;