diff --git a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_runtime_common.c b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_runtime_common.c
index fb16aa0f3c..8f9f849cc2 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_runtime_common.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_runtime_common.c
@@ -2097,14 +2097,14 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_global_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
 
 bool
 wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
-                                   char const *name,
-                                   wasm_table_inst_t *table_inst)
+                                   char const *name, wasm_table_inst_t out)
 {
 #if WASM_ENABLE_INTERP != 0
     if (module_inst->module_type == Wasm_Module_Bytecode) {
         const WASMModuleInstance *wasm_module_inst =
             (const WASMModuleInstance *)module_inst;
         const WASMModule *wasm_module = wasm_module_inst->module;
+
         uint32 i;
         for (i = 0; i < wasm_module->export_count; i++) {
             const WASMExport *wasm_export = &wasm_module->exports[i];
@@ -2112,11 +2112,9 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
                 && !strcmp(wasm_export->name, name)) {
                 const WASMTableInstance *wasm_table_inst =
                     wasm_module_inst->tables[wasm_export->index];
-                table_inst->elem_kind =
-                    val_type_to_val_kind(wasm_table_inst->elem_type);
-                table_inst->cur_size = wasm_table_inst->cur_size;
-                table_inst->max_size = wasm_table_inst->max_size;
-                table_inst->elems = (void *)wasm_table_inst->elems;
+
+                bh_memcpy_s(out, sizeof(WASMTableInstance), wasm_table_inst,
+                            sizeof(WASMTableInstance));
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -2127,6 +2125,7 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
         const AOTModuleInstance *aot_module_inst =
             (AOTModuleInstance *)module_inst;
         const AOTModule *aot_module = (AOTModule *)aot_module_inst->module;
+
         uint32 i;
         for (i = 0; i < aot_module->export_count; i++) {
             const AOTExport *aot_export = &aot_module->exports[i];
@@ -2134,11 +2133,12 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
                 && !strcmp(aot_export->name, name)) {
                 const AOTTableInstance *aot_table_inst =
                     aot_module_inst->tables[aot_export->index];
-                table_inst->elem_kind =
-                    val_type_to_val_kind(aot_table_inst->elem_type);
-                table_inst->cur_size = aot_table_inst->cur_size;
-                table_inst->max_size = aot_table_inst->max_size;
-                table_inst->elems = (void *)aot_table_inst->elems;
+
+                bh_static_assert(sizeof(AOTTableInstance)
+                                 == sizeof(WASMTableInstance));
+
+                bh_memcpy_s(out, sizeof(WASMTableInstance), aot_table_inst,
+                            sizeof(AOTTableInstance));
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
 
 WASMFunctionInstanceCommon *
 wasm_table_get_func_inst(struct WASMModuleInstanceCommon *const module_inst,
-                         const wasm_table_inst_t *table_inst, uint32_t idx)
+                         const wasm_table_inst_t table_inst, uint32_t idx)
 {
     if (!table_inst) {
         bh_assert(0);
diff --git a/core/iwasm/include/wasm_export.h b/core/iwasm/include/wasm_export.h
index aa6cfaae75..870da90e6d 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/include/wasm_export.h
+++ b/core/iwasm/include/wasm_export.h
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ typedef WASMFunctionInstanceCommon *wasm_function_inst_t;
 struct WASMMemoryInstance;
 typedef struct WASMMemoryInstance *wasm_memory_inst_t;
 
+/* Table instance */
+struct WASMTableInstance;
+typedef struct WASMTableInstance *wasm_table_inst_t;
+
 /* WASM section */
 typedef struct wasm_section_t {
     struct wasm_section_t *next;
@@ -315,15 +319,6 @@ typedef struct wasm_global_inst_t {
     void *global_data;
 } wasm_global_inst_t;
 
-/* Table instance*/
-typedef struct wasm_table_inst_t {
-    wasm_valkind_t elem_kind;
-    uint32_t cur_size;
-    uint32_t max_size;
-    /* represents the elements of the table, for internal use only */
-    void *elems;
-} wasm_table_inst_t;
-
 typedef enum {
     WASM_LOG_LEVEL_FATAL = 0,
     WASM_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR = 1,
@@ -1711,7 +1706,7 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_global_inst(const wasm_module_inst_t module_inst,
 WASM_RUNTIME_API_EXTERN bool
 wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(const wasm_module_inst_t module_inst,
                                    const char *name,
-                                   wasm_table_inst_t *table_inst);
+                                   wasm_table_inst_t table_inst);
 
 /**
  * Get a function instance from a table.
@@ -1724,7 +1719,7 @@ wasm_runtime_get_export_table_inst(const wasm_module_inst_t module_inst,
  */
 WASM_RUNTIME_API_EXTERN wasm_function_inst_t
 wasm_table_get_func_inst(const wasm_module_inst_t module_inst,
-                         const wasm_table_inst_t *table_inst, uint32_t idx);
+                         const wasm_table_inst_t table_inst, uint32_t idx);
 
 /**
  * Get attachment of native function from execution environment