diff --git a/omniscidb/ResultSetRegistry/ColumnarResults.cpp b/omniscidb/ResultSetRegistry/ColumnarResults.cpp
index a22924e85..6df9a91f2 100644
--- a/omniscidb/ResultSetRegistry/ColumnarResults.cpp
+++ b/omniscidb/ResultSetRegistry/ColumnarResults.cpp
@@ -623,14 +623,15 @@ void ColumnarResults::materializeAllLazyColumns(
     const ResultSet& rows,
     const size_t num_columns) {
   CHECK(isDirectColumnarConversionPossible());
-  const auto do_work_just_lazy_columns = [num_columns, &rows, this](
-                                             const size_t row_idx,
-                                             const std::vector<bool>& targets_to_skip) {
+  const auto do_write_only_lazy_columns = [num_columns, &rows, this](
+                                              const size_t row_idx,
+                                              const std::vector<bool>& targets_to_skip) {
     const auto crt_row = rows.getRowAtNoTranslations(row_idx, targets_to_skip);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < num_columns; ++i) {
-      if (!targets_to_skip.empty() && !targets_to_skip[i]) {
-        writeBackCell(crt_row[i], row_idx - rows.getOffset(), i);
+      if (targets_to_skip.empty() || targets_to_skip[i]) {
+        continue;
       }
+      writeBackCell(crt_row[i], row_idx - rows.getOffset(), i);
     }
   };
 
@@ -639,47 +640,40 @@ void ColumnarResults::materializeAllLazyColumns(
   bool has_array = std::any_of(target_types_.begin(),
                                target_types_.end(),
                                [](const hdk::ir::Type* type) { return type->isArray(); });
-  if (rows.areAnyColumnsLazyFetched() || !offset_buffers_.empty() || has_array) {
-    const size_t worker_count =
-        result_set::use_parallel_algorithms(rows) ? cpu_threads() : 1;
-    std::vector<std::future<void>> conversion_threads;
-    std::vector<bool> targets_to_skip;
-    if (skip_non_lazy_columns) {
-      CHECK_EQ(lazy_fetch_info.size(), size_t(num_columns));
-      targets_to_skip.reserve(num_columns);
-      for (size_t i = 0; i < num_columns; i++) {
-        // we process lazy and varlen columns (i.e., skip non-lazy and non-varlen columns)
-        targets_to_skip.push_back(
-            (lazy_fetch_info.empty() || !lazy_fetch_info[i].is_lazily_fetched) &&
-            !target_types_[i]->isVarLen() && !target_types_[i]->isArray());
-      }
-    }
-    size_t first = rows.getOffset();
-    size_t last = rows.entryCount();
-    if (rows.isTruncated()) {
-      last = std::min(last, first + rows.getLimit());
-    }
-    for (auto interval : makeIntervals(first, last, worker_count)) {
-      conversion_threads.push_back(std::async(
-          std::launch::async,
-          [&do_work_just_lazy_columns, &targets_to_skip, first, this](const size_t start,
-                                                                      const size_t end) {
-            for (size_t i = start; i < end; ++i) {
-              do_work_just_lazy_columns(i, targets_to_skip);
-            }
-          },
-          interval.begin,
-          interval.end));
-    }
+  if (!rows.areAnyColumnsLazyFetched() && offset_buffers_.empty() && !has_array) {
+    return;
+  }
 
-    try {
-      for (auto& child : conversion_threads) {
-        child.wait();
-      }
-    } catch (...) {
-      throw;
+  std::vector<bool> targets_to_skip{};
+  if (skip_non_lazy_columns) {
+    CHECK_EQ(lazy_fetch_info.size(), size_t(num_columns));
+    targets_to_skip.reserve(num_columns);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < num_columns; i++) {
+      // we process lazy and varlen columns (i.e., skip non-lazy and non-varlen columns)
+      bool skip_column =
+          (lazy_fetch_info.empty() || !lazy_fetch_info[i].is_lazily_fetched) &&
+          !target_types_[i]->isVarLen() && !target_types_[i]->isArray();
+      targets_to_skip.push_back(skip_column);
     }
   }
+  size_t first_row = rows.getOffset();
+  size_t last_row = rows.entryCount();
+  if (rows.isTruncated()) {
+    last_row = std::min(last_row, first_row + rows.getLimit());
+  }
+  const size_t worker_count =
+      result_set::use_parallel_algorithms(rows) ? cpu_threads() : 1;
+  // Heuristics, should be tuned somehow
+  size_t granularity = (last_row - first_row) / (worker_count * 3);
+  granularity = std::max(granularity, static_cast<size_t>(10));
+
+  tbb::parallel_for(tbb::blocked_range<size_t>(first_row, last_row, granularity),
+                    [&do_write_only_lazy_columns, targets_to_skip, first_row, this](
+                        const tbb::blocked_range<size_t>& interval) {
+                      for (size_t i = interval.begin(); i < interval.end(); ++i) {
+                        do_write_only_lazy_columns(i, targets_to_skip);
+                      }
+                    });
 }
 
 /**