diff --git libmariadb/ma_net.c libmariadb/ma_net.c
index 2e932b17..0b1d0cce 100644
--- libmariadb/ma_net.c
+++ libmariadb/ma_net.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ ulong ma_net_read(NET *net)
         {
           current+= 4; /* length + sequence_id,
                           no more data will follow */
+          is_multi_packet = 0;
           break;
         }
         if (packet_length + 4 <= buffer_length - current)