diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py b/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
index 9beab037..7bb0ae3e 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/thrift_backend.py
@@ -898,8 +898,12 @@ def execute_command(
             sessionHandle=session_handle,
             statement=operation,
             runAsync=True,
-            getDirectResults=ttypes.TSparkGetDirectResults(
-                maxRows=max_rows, maxBytes=max_bytes
+            # For async operation we don't want the direct results
+            getDirectResults=None
+            if async_op
+            else ttypes.TSparkGetDirectResults(
+                maxRows=max_rows,
+                maxBytes=max_bytes,
             ),
             canReadArrowResult=True if pyarrow else False,
             canDecompressLZ4Result=lz4_compression,
diff --git a/tests/e2e/common/large_queries_mixin.py b/tests/e2e/common/large_queries_mixin.py
index 41ef029b..ed8ac457 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/common/large_queries_mixin.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/common/large_queries_mixin.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def test_long_running_query(self):
         scale_factor = 1
         with self.cursor() as cursor:
             while duration < min_duration:
-                assert scale_factor < 512, "Detected infinite loop"
+                assert scale_factor < 1024, "Detected infinite loop"
                 start = time.time()
 
                 cursor.execute(
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_driver.py b/tests/e2e/test_driver.py
index 2f0881cd..45fea480 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_driver.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_driver.py
@@ -177,19 +177,22 @@ def test_cloud_fetch(self):
                 for i in range(len(cf_result)):
                     assert cf_result[i] == noop_result[i]
 
-    def test_execute_async(self):
-        def isExecuting(operation_state):
-            return not operation_state or operation_state in [
-                ttypes.TOperationState.RUNNING_STATE,
-                ttypes.TOperationState.PENDING_STATE,
-            ]
+
+class TestPySQLAsyncQueriesSuite(PySQLPytestTestCase):
+    def isExecuting(self, operation_state):
+        return not operation_state or operation_state in [
+            ttypes.TOperationState.RUNNING_STATE,
+            ttypes.TOperationState.PENDING_STATE,
+        ]
+
+    def test_execute_async__long_running(self):
 
         long_running_query = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM RANGE(10000 * 16) x JOIN RANGE(10000) y ON FROM_UNIXTIME(x.id * y.id, 'yyyy-MM-dd') LIKE '%not%a%date%'"
         with self.cursor() as cursor:
             cursor.execute_async(long_running_query)
 
             ## Polling after every POLLING_INTERVAL seconds
-            while isExecuting(cursor.get_query_state()):
+            while self.isExecuting(cursor.get_query_state()):
                 time.sleep(self.POLLING_INTERVAL)
                 log.info("Polling the status in test_execute_async")
 
@@ -198,6 +201,55 @@ def isExecuting(operation_state):
 
             assert result[0].asDict() == {"count(1)": 0}
 
+    def test_execute_async__small_result(self):
+        small_result_query = "SELECT 1"
+
+        with self.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute_async(small_result_query)
+
+            ## Fake sleep for 5 secs
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+            ## Polling after every POLLING_INTERVAL seconds
+            while self.isExecuting(cursor.get_query_state()):
+                time.sleep(self.POLLING_INTERVAL)
+                log.info("Polling the status in test_execute_async")
+
+            cursor.get_async_execution_result()
+            result = cursor.fetchall()
+
+            assert result[0].asDict() == {"1": 1}
+
+    def test_execute_async__large_result(self):
+        x_dimension = 1000
+        y_dimension = 1000
+        large_result_query = f"""
+                SELECT
+                    x.id AS x_id,
+                    y.id AS y_id,
+                    FROM_UNIXTIME(x.id * y.id, 'yyyy-MM-dd') AS date
+                FROM
+                    RANGE({x_dimension}) x
+                JOIN
+                    RANGE({y_dimension}) y
+            """
+
+        with self.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute_async(large_result_query)
+
+            ## Fake sleep for 5 secs
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+            ## Polling after every POLLING_INTERVAL seconds
+            while self.isExecuting(cursor.get_query_state()):
+                time.sleep(self.POLLING_INTERVAL)
+                log.info("Polling the status in test_execute_async")
+
+            cursor.get_async_execution_result()
+            result = cursor.fetchall()
+
+            assert len(result) == x_dimension * y_dimension
+
 
 # Exclude Retry tests because they require specific setups, and LargeQueries too slow for core
 # tests