diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
index e937b27c3..45745eb49 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerResultSet.java
@@ -962,10 +962,19 @@ public boolean next() throws SQLServerException {
 
         // For scrollable cursors, next() is just a special case of relative()
         if (!isForwardOnly()) {
-            if (BEFORE_FIRST_ROW == currentRow)
-                moveFirst();
-            else
-                moveForward(1);
+            do {
+                if (BEFORE_FIRST_ROW == currentRow)
+                    moveFirst();
+                else
+                    moveForward(1);
+                
+                // Only attempt rowDeleted() if result set is updatable.
+                try {
+                    verifyResultSetIsUpdatable();
+                } catch (SQLServerException e) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            } while (rowDeleted()); // repeat this if the row has been deleted beforehand, for scrollable & updatable resultsets.
             boolean value = hasCurrentRow();
             loggerExternal.exiting(getClassNameLogging(), "next", value);
             return value;