diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/MySQLBackend/mysql_backend.c b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/MySQLBackend/mysql_backend.c
index 5da4d7797..6276cae0f 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/MySQLBackend/mysql_backend.c
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/MySQLBackend/mysql_backend.c
@@ -778,6 +778,11 @@ gw_read_and_write(DCB *dcb)
                 return 0;
             }
         }
+        else if (rcap_type_required(capabilities, RCAP_TYPE_STMT_OUTPUT) &&
+                 !rcap_type_required(capabilities, RCAP_TYPE_RESULTSET_OUTPUT))
+        {
+            stmt = modutil_get_next_MySQL_packet(&read_buffer);
+        }
         else
         {
             stmt = read_buffer;