diff --git a/pkg/sql/pgwire/command_result.go b/pkg/sql/pgwire/command_result.go
index 440f9edee10c..e9c1f18a95d8 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/pgwire/command_result.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/pgwire/command_result.go
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (r *commandResult) SetError(err error) {
 
 // addInternal is the skeleton of AddRow and AddBatch implementations.
 // bufferData should update rowsAffected and buffer the data accordingly.
-func (r *commandResult) addInternal(bufferData func()) error {
+func (r *commandResult) addInternal(bufferData func() error) error {
 	r.assertNotReleased()
 	if r.err != nil {
 		panic(errors.AssertionFailedf("can't call AddRow after having set error: %s",
@@ -205,30 +205,29 @@ func (r *commandResult) addInternal(bufferData func()) error {
 		panic("can't send row after error")
 	}
 
-	bufferData()
-
-	var err error
-	if r.bufferingDisabled {
-		err = r.conn.Flush(r.pos)
-	} else {
-		_ /* flushed */, err = r.conn.maybeFlush(r.pos)
+	if err := bufferData(); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	return err
+
+	return r.conn.maybeFlush(r.pos, r.bufferingDisabled)
 }
 
 // AddRow is part of the sql.RestrictedCommandResult interface.
 func (r *commandResult) AddRow(ctx context.Context, row tree.Datums) error {
-	return r.addInternal(func() {
+	return r.addInternal(func() error {
 		r.rowsAffected++
 		r.conn.bufferRow(ctx, row, r.formatCodes, r.conv, r.location, r.types)
+		return nil
 	})
 }
 
 // AddBatch is part of the sql.RestrictedCommandResult interface.
 func (r *commandResult) AddBatch(ctx context.Context, batch coldata.Batch) error {
-	return r.addInternal(func() {
+	return r.addInternal(func() error {
 		r.rowsAffected += batch.Length()
-		r.conn.bufferBatch(ctx, batch, r.formatCodes, r.conv, r.location)
+		return r.conn.bufferBatch(
+			ctx, batch, r.formatCodes, r.conv, r.location, r.pos, r.bufferingDisabled,
+		)
 	})
 }
 
@@ -439,10 +438,7 @@ func (r *limitedCommandResult) AddRow(ctx context.Context, row tree.Datums) erro
 
 		return r.moreResultsNeeded(ctx)
 	}
-	if _ /* flushed */, err := r.conn.maybeFlush(r.pos); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
+	return r.conn.maybeFlush(r.pos, r.bufferingDisabled)
 }
 
 // SupportsAddBatch is part of the sql.RestrictedCommandResult interface.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/pgwire/conn.go b/pkg/sql/pgwire/conn.go
index 3953c27c219f..0923a73468fd 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/pgwire/conn.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/pgwire/conn.go
@@ -1281,7 +1281,8 @@ func (c *conn) bufferRow(
 }
 
 // bufferBatch serializes a batch and adds all the rows from it to the buffer.
-// It is a noop for zero-length batch.
+// It is a noop for zero-length batch. Depending on the buffer size limit,
+// bufferBatch may flush the buffered data to the connection.
 //
 // formatCodes describes the desired encoding for each column. It can be nil, in
 // which case all columns are encoded using the text encoding. Otherwise, it
@@ -1292,7 +1293,9 @@ func (c *conn) bufferBatch(
 	formatCodes []pgwirebase.FormatCode,
 	conv sessiondatapb.DataConversionConfig,
 	sessionLoc *time.Location,
-) {
+	pos sql.CmdPos,
+	bufferingDisabled bool,
+) error {
 	sel := batch.Selection()
 	n := batch.Length()
 	vecs := batch.ColVecs()
@@ -1321,7 +1324,11 @@ func (c *conn) bufferBatch(
 		if err := c.msgBuilder.finishMsg(&c.writerState.buf); err != nil {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("unexpected err from buffer: %s", err))
 		}
+		if err := c.maybeFlush(pos, bufferingDisabled); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *conn) bufferReadyForQuery(txnStatus byte) {
@@ -1524,12 +1531,12 @@ func (c *conn) Flush(pos sql.CmdPos) error {
 }
 
 // maybeFlush flushes the buffer to the network connection if it exceeded
-// sessionArgs.ConnResultsBufferSize.
-func (c *conn) maybeFlush(pos sql.CmdPos) (bool, error) {
-	if int64(c.writerState.buf.Len()) <= c.sessionArgs.ConnResultsBufferSize {
-		return false, nil
+// sessionArgs.ConnResultsBufferSize or if buffering is disabled.
+func (c *conn) maybeFlush(pos sql.CmdPos, bufferingDisabled bool) error {
+	if !bufferingDisabled && int64(c.writerState.buf.Len()) <= c.sessionArgs.ConnResultsBufferSize {
+		return nil
 	}
-	return true, c.Flush(pos)
+	return c.Flush(pos)
 }
 
 // LockCommunication is part of the ClientComm interface.