diff --git a/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/driver/MySqlDriver.js b/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/driver/MySqlDriver.js
index 38e052bb691b3..21eda9d74f781 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/driver/MySqlDriver.js
+++ b/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/driver/MySqlDriver.js
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ class MySqlDriver extends BaseDriver {
     const tableName = crypto.randomBytes(10).toString('hex');
     const columns = await this.withConnection(async db => {
       await this.setTimeZone(db);
-      await db.execute(`CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ${this.config.database}.t_${tableName} AS ${query} LIMIT 0`, values);
-      const result = await db.execute(`DESCRIBE ${this.config.database}.t_${tableName}`);
-      await db.execute(`DROP TEMPORARY TABLE ${this.config.database}.t_${tableName}`);
+      await db.execute(`CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE \`${this.config.database}\`.t_${tableName} AS ${query} LIMIT 0`, values);
+      const result = await db.execute(`DESCRIBE \`${this.config.database}\`.t_${tableName}`);
+      await db.execute(`DROP TEMPORARY TABLE \`${this.config.database}\`.t_${tableName}`);
       return result;
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/test/MySqlDriver.test.js b/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/test/MySqlDriver.test.js
index 799a411366b2e..7ef6bfae48d72 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/test/MySqlDriver.test.js
+++ b/packages/cubejs-mysql-driver/test/MySqlDriver.test.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ describe('MySqlDriver', () => {
       host: 'localhost',
       user: 'root',
       password: process.env.TEST_DB_PASSWORD || "Test1test",
-      port: container && container.getMappedPort(3306) || 3306
+      port: container && container.getMappedPort(3306) || 3306,
+      database: 'mysql'
     });
     await mySqlDriver.createSchemaIfNotExists('test');
     await mySqlDriver.query('DROP SCHEMA test');
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ describe('MySqlDriver', () => {
     });
     expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(await mySqlDriver.query('select * from test.wrong_value'))))
       .toStrictEqual([{ value: "Tekirdağ" }]);
+    expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify((await mySqlDriver.downloadQueryResults('select * from test.wrong_value')).rows)))
+      .toStrictEqual([{ value: "Tekirdağ" }]);
   });
 
   test('boolean field', async () => {