diff --git a/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh b/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
index a13a3cb03..bbf8f0c2a 100644
--- a/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
+++ b/include/maxscale/protocol/rwbackend.hh
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ private:
     bool             m_local_infile_requested;  /**< Whether a LOCAL INFILE was requested */
     ResponseStat     m_response_stat;
     uint64_t         m_num_coldefs = 0;
+    bool             m_skip_next = false;
 
     inline bool is_opening_cursor() const
     {
diff --git a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
index 66e82cfb2..208192e8c 100644
--- a/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
+++ b/server/modules/protocol/MySQL/rwbackend.cc
@@ -296,6 +296,17 @@ void RWBackend::process_packets(GWBUF* result)
         auto end = std::next(it, len);
         uint8_t cmd = *it;
 
+        // Ignore the tail end of a large packet large packet. Only resultsets can generate packets this large
+        // and we don't care what the contents are and thus it is safe to ignore it.
+        bool skip_next = m_skip_next;
+        m_skip_next = len == GW_MYSQL_MAX_PACKET_LEN;
+
+        if (skip_next)
+        {
+            it = end;
+            continue;
+        }
+
         switch (m_reply_state)
         {
         case REPLY_STATE_START: