diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransaction.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransaction.scala
index b2c13e42230..e00898f9600 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransaction.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransaction.scala
@@ -1950,6 +1950,17 @@ trait OptimisticTransactionImpl extends TransactionalWrite
         logPath: Path,
         startVersion: Long,
         endVersion: Option[Long]): Unit = {}
+
+    /**
+     * FileSystemBasedCommitStore is supposed to be treated as a singleton object for a Delta Log
+     * and is equal to all other instances of FileSystemBasedCommitStore for the same Delta Log.
+     */
+    override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = {
+      other match {
+        case fsCommitStore: FileSystemBasedCommitStore => fsCommitStore.deltaLog == deltaLog
+        case _ => false
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/SnapshotManagement.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/SnapshotManagement.scala
index 933499a1041..866824b0a6e 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/SnapshotManagement.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/SnapshotManagement.scala
@@ -1010,7 +1010,8 @@ trait SnapshotManagement { self: DeltaLog =>
     // If the commit store has changed, we need to again invoke updateSnapshot so that we
     // could get the latest commits from the new commit store. We need to do it only once as
     // the delta spec mandates the commit which changes the commit owner to be backfilled.
-    if (newSnapshot.version >= 0 && newSnapshot.commitStoreOpt != initialCommitStore) {
+    if (newSnapshot.version >= 0 &&
+        !CommitStore.semanticEquals(newSnapshot.commitStoreOpt, initialCommitStore)) {
       val segmentOpt = createLogSegment(newSnapshot)
       newSnapshot =
         getSnapshotForLogSegmentInternal(
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStore.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStore.scala
index 41920688bf0..5d3a180bdff 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStore.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStore.scala
@@ -106,6 +106,28 @@ trait CommitStore {
       logPath: Path,
       startVersion: Long,
       endVersion: Option[Long]): Unit
+
+  /**
+   * Determines whether this CommitStore is semantically equal to another CommitStore.
+   *
+   * Semantic equality is determined by each CommitStore implementation based on whether the two
+   * instances can be used interchangeably when invoking any of the CommitStore APIs, such as
+   * `commit`, `getCommits`, etc. For e.g., both the instances might be pointing to the same
+   * underlying endpoint.
+   */
+  def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean
+}
+
+object CommitStore {
+  def semanticEquals(
+      commitStore1Opt: Option[CommitStore],
+      commitStore2Opt: Option[CommitStore]): Boolean = {
+    (commitStore1Opt, commitStore2Opt) match {
+      case (Some(commitStore1), Some(commitStore2)) => commitStore1.semanticEquals(commitStore2)
+      case (None, None) => true
+      case _ => false
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /** A builder interface for CommitStore */
diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/InMemoryCommitStore.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/InMemoryCommitStore.scala
index 8055a5c37f6..b61eec9c3ab 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/InMemoryCommitStore.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/InMemoryCommitStore.scala
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ class InMemoryCommitStore(val batchSize: Long) extends AbstractBatchBackfillingC
       throw new IllegalStateException(s"Table $logPath already exists in the commit store.")
     }
   }
+
+  override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = this == other
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransactionSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransactionSuite.scala
index f744f71e64f..c41cc52515c 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransactionSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/OptimisticTransactionSuite.scala
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ class OptimisticTransactionSuite
               logPath: Path,
               startVersion: Long,
               endVersion: Option[Long]): Unit = {}
+          override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = this == other
         }
       }
     }
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ class OptimisticTransactionSuite
               logPath: Path,
               startVersion: Long,
               endVersion: Option[Long]): Unit = {}
+          override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = this == other
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStoreSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStoreSuite.scala
index 37ae4a75e0d..535f7c28c5e 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStoreSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/CommitStoreSuite.scala
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ class CommitStoreSuite extends QueryTest with DeltaSQLTestUtils with SharedSpark
         logPath: Path,
         startVersion: Long,
         endVersion: Option[Long]): Unit = {}
+
+    override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = this == other
   }
 
   class TestCommitStore1 extends TestCommitStoreBase
@@ -187,4 +189,29 @@ class CommitStoreSuite extends QueryTest with DeltaSQLTestUtils with SharedSpark
       assert(getWriterFeatures(deltaLog).contains(ManagedCommitTableFeature.name))
     }
   }
+
+  test("Semantic Equality works as expected on CommitStores") {
+    class TestCommitStore(val key: String) extends TestCommitStoreBase {
+      override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean =
+        other.isInstanceOf[TestCommitStore] && other.asInstanceOf[TestCommitStore].key == key
+    }
+    object Builder1 extends CommitStoreBuilder {
+      override def build(conf: Map[String, String]): CommitStore = {
+        new TestCommitStore(conf("key"))
+      }
+      override def name: String = "cs-name"
+    }
+    CommitStoreProvider.registerBuilder(Builder1)
+
+    // Different CommitStores with same keys should be semantically equal.
+    val obj1 = CommitStoreProvider.getCommitStore("cs-name", Map("key" -> "url1"))
+    val obj2 = CommitStoreProvider.getCommitStore("cs-name", Map("key" -> "url1"))
+    assert(obj1 != obj2)
+    assert(obj1.semanticEquals(obj2))
+
+    // Different CommitStores with different keys should be semantically unequal.
+    val obj3 = CommitStoreProvider.getCommitStore("cs-name", Map("key" -> "url2"))
+    assert(obj1 != obj3)
+    assert(!obj1.semanticEquals(obj3))
+  }
 }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/ManagedCommitTestUtils.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/ManagedCommitTestUtils.scala
index 7fde82b7d57..a414a459a49 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/ManagedCommitTestUtils.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/managedcommit/ManagedCommitTestUtils.scala
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ class TrackingCommitStore(delegatingCommitStore: InMemoryCommitStore) extends Co
     delegatingCommitStore.backfillToVersion(logStore, hadoopConf, logPath, startVersion, endVersion)
   }
 
+  override def semanticEquals(other: CommitStore): Boolean = this == other
+
   def registerTable(
       logPath: Path,
       maxCommitVersion: Long): Unit = {