diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
index 57d8867bb46992c3ab82c1c0a6da468cec7b9abd..ed8cfae657f4df191917c71c092c3d8db2871853 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ def execute(sql, name = nil)
       def exec_query(sql, name = 'SQL', binds = [], prepare: false)
         result = execute(sql, name)
         @connection.next_result while @connection.more_results?
-        ActiveRecord::Result.new(result.fields, result.to_a)
+        ActiveRecord::Result.new(result.fields, result.to_a) if result
       end
 
       def exec_insert(sql, name, binds, pk = nil, sequence_name = nil)
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/mysql2_adapter_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/mysql2_adapter_test.rb
index 4efd728754970271abdb67a42836fbea8d85e58c..00d23740b6050918b6183a7c711780a85f5a21e0 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/mysql2_adapter_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/mysql2_adapter_test.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 require "cases/helper"
+require "support/ddl_helper"
 
 class Mysql2AdapterTest < ActiveRecord::Mysql2TestCase
+  include DdlHelper
+
   def setup
     @conn = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
   end
 
+  def test_exec_query_nothing_raises_with_no_result_queries
+    assert_nothing_raised do
+      with_example_table do
+        @conn.exec_query('INSERT INTO ex (number) VALUES (1)')
+        @conn.exec_query('DELETE FROM ex WHERE number = 1')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_columns_for_distinct_zero_orders
     assert_equal "posts.id",
       @conn.columns_for_distinct("posts.id", [])
@@ -41,4 +53,10 @@ def order.to_sql
     assert_equal "posts.id, posts.created_at AS alias_0",
       @conn.columns_for_distinct("posts.id", [order])
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def with_example_table(definition = 'id int auto_increment primary key, number int, data varchar(255)', &block)
+    super(@conn, 'ex', definition, &block)
+  end
 end