diff --git a/src/main/capi/result-c.cpp b/src/main/capi/result-c.cpp
index 0773406dea5..d646500b41e 100644
--- a/src/main/capi/result-c.cpp
+++ b/src/main/capi/result-c.cpp
@@ -431,10 +431,21 @@ idx_t duckdb_rows_changed(duckdb_result *result) {
 	if (!result) {
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (!duckdb::deprecated_materialize_result(result)) {
+	auto &result_data = *(reinterpret_cast<duckdb::DuckDBResultData *>(result->internal_data));
+	if (result_data.result_set_type == duckdb::CAPIResultSetType::CAPI_RESULT_TYPE_DEPRECATED) {
+		// not a materialized result
+		return result->__deprecated_rows_changed;
+	}
+	auto &materialized = reinterpret_cast<duckdb::MaterializedQueryResult &>(*result_data.result);
+	if (materialized.properties.return_type != duckdb::StatementReturnType::CHANGED_ROWS) {
+		// we can only use this function for CHANGED_ROWS result types
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if (materialized.RowCount() != 1 || materialized.ColumnCount() != 1) {
+		// CHANGED_ROWS should return exactly one row
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return result->__deprecated_rows_changed;
+	return materialized.GetValue(0, 0).GetValue<uint64_t>();
 }
 
 void *duckdb_column_data(duckdb_result *result, idx_t col) {
diff --git a/test/api/capi/test_capi.cpp b/test/api/capi/test_capi.cpp
index 3c0f39d50e2..ee0f64c168d 100644
--- a/test/api/capi/test_capi.cpp
+++ b/test/api/capi/test_capi.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Basic test of C API", "[capi]") {
 	// NULL selection
 	result = tester.Query("SELECT a, b FROM test ORDER BY a");
 	REQUIRE_NO_FAIL(*result);
+	REQUIRE(result->rows_changed() == 0);
 	// NULL, 11, 13
 	REQUIRE(result->IsNull(0, 0));
 	REQUIRE(result->Fetch<int32_t>(0, 1) == 11);