diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/statefulOperators.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/statefulOperators.scala
index 80f5b3532c5ee..45e3b641bf938 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/statefulOperators.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/streaming/statefulOperators.scala
@@ -1097,10 +1097,14 @@ case class StreamingDeduplicateWithinWatermarkExec(
 
   protected val extraOptionOnStateStore: Map[String, String] = Map.empty
 
-  private val eventTimeCol: Attribute = WatermarkSupport.findEventTimeColumn(child.output,
+  // Below three variables are defined as lazy, as evaluating these variables does not work with
+  // canonicalized plan. Specifically, attributes in child won't have an event time column in
+  // the canonicalized plan. These variables are NOT referenced in canonicalized plan, hence
+  // defining these variables as lazy would avoid such error.
+  private lazy val eventTimeCol: Attribute = WatermarkSupport.findEventTimeColumn(child.output,
     allowMultipleEventTimeColumns = false).get
-  private val delayThresholdMs = eventTimeCol.metadata.getLong(EventTimeWatermark.delayKey)
-  private val eventTimeColOrdinal: Int = child.output.indexOf(eventTimeCol)
+  private lazy val delayThresholdMs = eventTimeCol.metadata.getLong(EventTimeWatermark.delayKey)
+  private lazy val eventTimeColOrdinal: Int = child.output.indexOf(eventTimeCol)
 
   protected def initializeReusedDupInfoRow(): Option[UnsafeRow] = {
     val timeoutToUnsafeRow = UnsafeProjection.create(schemaForValueRow)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/StreamingDeduplicationWithinWatermarkSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/StreamingDeduplicationWithinWatermarkSuite.scala
index 595fc1cb9cea8..9a02ab3df7dd4 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/StreamingDeduplicationWithinWatermarkSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/StreamingDeduplicationWithinWatermarkSuite.scala
@@ -199,4 +199,25 @@ class StreamingDeduplicationWithinWatermarkSuite extends StateStoreMetricsTest {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-46676: canonicalization of StreamingDeduplicateWithinWatermarkExec should work") {
+    withTempDir { checkpoint =>
+      val dedupeInputData = MemoryStream[(String, Int)]
+      val dedupe = dedupeInputData.toDS()
+        .withColumn("eventTime", timestamp_seconds($"_2"))
+        .withWatermark("eventTime", "10 second")
+        .dropDuplicatesWithinWatermark("_1")
+        .select($"_1", $"eventTime".cast("long").as[Long])
+
+      testStream(dedupe, Append)(
+        StartStream(checkpointLocation = checkpoint.getCanonicalPath),
+        AddData(dedupeInputData, "a" -> 1),
+        CheckNewAnswer("a" -> 1),
+        Execute { q =>
+          // This threw out error before SPARK-46676.
+          q.lastExecution.executedPlan.canonicalized
+        }
+      )
+    }
+  }
 }