diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/lazy/collect.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/lazy/collect.rs
index c14098e28b..47f91f1d71 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/lazy/collect.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/lazy/collect.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ impl PluginCommand for LazyCollect {
         let value = input.into_value(call.head);
         match PolarsPluginObject::try_from_value(plugin, &value)? {
             PolarsPluginObject::NuLazyFrame(lazy) => {
-                let eager = lazy.collect(call.head)?;
+                let mut eager = lazy.collect(call.head)?;
+                // We don't want this converted back to a lazy frame
+                eager.from_lazy = true;
                 Ok(PipelineData::Value(
                     eager
                         .cache(plugin, engine, call.head)?
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_lazyframe/mod.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_lazyframe/mod.rs
index bb2ae67130..86267dd51b 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_lazyframe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_polars/src/dataframe/values/nu_lazyframe/mod.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl NuLazyFrame {
                 help: None,
                 inner: vec![],
             })
-            .map(|df| NuDataFrame::new(false, df))
+            .map(|df| NuDataFrame::new(true, df))
     }
 
     pub fn apply_with_expr<F>(self, expr: NuExpression, f: F) -> Self