diff --git a/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Query.java b/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Query.java
index 2ce51d97..5ba2a809 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Query.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/tiledb/java/api/Query.java
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ public QueryStatus getQueryStatus() throws TileDBError {
   public QueryStatus submit() throws TileDBError {
     ctx.handleError(tiledb.tiledb_query_submit(ctx.getCtxp(), queryp));
 
+    if (this.type == QueryType.TILEDB_WRITE) return getQueryStatus();
+
     // Set the actual number of bytes received to each ByteBuffer
     for (String attribute : byteBuffers_.keySet()) {
       boolean isVar;