diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
index 7fbc374e77..6391664a3e 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mssqlnative.php
@@ -447,14 +447,39 @@ class dbal_mssqlnative extends dbal
 	{
 		global $cache;
 
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			$query_id = $this->query_result;
+		}
+
 		if (isset($cache->sql_rowset[$query_id]))
 		{
 			return $cache->sql_rowseek($rownum, $query_id);
 		}
 
-		$seek = new result_mssqlnative($query_id);
-		$row = $seek->seek($rownum);
-		return ($row = $seek->fetch()) ? $row : false;
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$this->sql_freeresult($query_id);
+		$query_id = $this->sql_query($this->last_query_text);
+
+		if ($query_id === false)
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// We do not fetch the row for rownum == 0 because then the next resultset would be the second row
+		for ($i = 0; $i < $rownum; $i++)
+		{
+			if (!$this->sql_fetchrow($query_id))
+			{
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**