diff --git a/trino/trino.go b/trino/trino.go
index d6a14a1..463bfb3 100644
--- a/trino/trino.go
+++ b/trino/trino.go
@@ -963,6 +963,14 @@ type stmtStage struct {
 	SubStages       []stmtStage `json:"subStages"`
 }
 
+type QueryStage struct {
+	State string `json:"state"`
+}
+
+type QueryState string
+
+const FINISHED QueryState = "FINISHED"
+
 type jsonFloat64 float64
 
 func (f *jsonFloat64) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
@@ -1399,8 +1407,31 @@ func (qr *driverRows) Close() error {
 	if qr.stmt.user != "" {
 		hs.Add(trinoUserHeader, qr.stmt.user)
 	}
+
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(qr.ctx), DefaultCancelQueryTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
+
+	// Special handling for single-row scans triggered by QueryRowContext() + Scan():
+	// The database/sql library automatically calls Close() after Scan() finishes reading
+	// a single row. We have no way to distinguish this from a multi-row iteration ahead of time.
+	//
+	// Without this check, Close() would always send a DELETE request to the Trino server,
+	// even if the query had already finished. This would cause a USER CANCELED error.
+	//
+	// By checking rowindex == 1, we heuristically detect the single-row scan case.
+	// We then call getQueryState() to verify if the query is already FINISHED.
+	// If so, we skip the DELETE request, avoiding unnecessary errors on trino side.
+	if qr.rowindex == 1 {
+		queryState, err := qr.getQueryState()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if queryState == string(FINISHED) {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	req, err := qr.stmt.conn.newRequest(ctx, "DELETE", qr.stmt.conn.baseURL+"/v1/query/"+url.PathEscape(qr.queryID), nil, hs)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1418,6 +1449,41 @@ func (qr *driverRows) Close() error {
 	return qr.err
 }
 
+func (qr *driverRows) getQueryState() (string, error) {
+	hs := make(http.Header)
+	if qr.stmt.user != "" {
+		hs.Add(trinoUserHeader, qr.stmt.user)
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.WithoutCancel(qr.ctx), DefaultCancelQueryTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := qr.stmt.conn.newRequest(ctx, "GET", qr.stmt.conn.baseURL+"/v1/query/"+url.PathEscape(qr.queryID), nil, hs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := qr.stmt.conn.roundTrip(ctx, req)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		qferr, ok := err.(*ErrQueryFailed)
+		if ok && qferr.StatusCode == http.StatusNoContent {
+			qr.nextURI = ""
+			return string(FINISHED), nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	var queryStage QueryStage
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&queryStage); err != nil {
+		resp.Body.Close()
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	resp.Body.Close()
+
+	return queryStage.State, nil
+}
+
 // Columns returns the names of the columns.
 func (qr *driverRows) Columns() []string {
 	if qr.err != nil {