diff --git a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
index 87fc2bec2e2..eebd81964e0 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/resource_variable_ops_test.py
@@ -134,13 +134,19 @@ class ResourceVariableOpsTest(test_util.TensorFlowTestCase,
   def testEagerDeepCopy(self):
     with context.eager_mode():
       init_value = np.ones((4, 4, 4))
-      variable = resource_variable_ops.ResourceVariable(init_value,
-                                                        name="init")
+      variable = resource_variable_ops.ResourceVariable(
+          init_value,
+          name="init",
+          synchronization=variables.VariableSynchronization.ON_READ,
+          aggregation=variables.VariableAggregation.SUM)
 
       copied_variable = copy.deepcopy(variable)
       self.assertEqual(variable.name, copied_variable.name)
       self.assertEqual(variable.shape, copied_variable.shape)
       self.assertEqual(variable.device, copied_variable.device)
+      self.assertEqual(variable.synchronization,
+                       copied_variable.synchronization)
+      self.assertEqual(variable.aggregation, copied_variable.aggregation)
 
       # The copied variable should have the same value as the original.
       self.assertAllEqual(variable.numpy(), copied_variable.numpy())
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/resource_variable_ops.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/resource_variable_ops.py
index 0c7c3af3864..a3289a5ae5b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/resource_variable_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/resource_variable_ops.py
@@ -502,7 +502,9 @@ class BaseResourceVariable(variables.VariableV1, core.Tensor):
         constraint=self._constraint,
         dtype=self._dtype,
         name=self._shared_name,
-        distribute_strategy=self._distribute_strategy)
+        distribute_strategy=self._distribute_strategy,
+        synchronization=self.synchronization,
+        aggregation=self.aggregation)
     memo[self._unique_id] = copied_variable
     return copied_variable