diff --git a/external/maprdb/src/main/scala/com/mapr/db/spark/streaming/sink/MapRDBSink.scala b/external/maprdb/src/main/scala/com/mapr/db/spark/streaming/sink/MapRDBSink.scala
index 9cbb02c4f1ae7..af1a29c081b06 100644
--- a/external/maprdb/src/main/scala/com/mapr/db/spark/streaming/sink/MapRDBSink.scala
+++ b/external/maprdb/src/main/scala/com/mapr/db/spark/streaming/sink/MapRDBSink.scala
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.mapr.db.spark.streaming.sink
 
 
-import com.mapr.db.spark.sql._
+import com.mapr.db.spark._
 import com.mapr.db.spark.streaming.MapRDBSourceConfig
 import org.apache.spark.internal.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.RowEncoder
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.plans.logical.{Command, LocalRelation, LogicalPlan, Union}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.streaming.Sink
 import org.ojai.DocumentConstants
 
@@ -26,9 +28,26 @@ private[streaming] class MapRDBSink(parameters: Map[String, String]) extends Sin
       val createTable = parameters.getOrElse(MapRDBSourceConfig.CreateTableOption, "false").toBoolean
       val bulkInsert = parameters.getOrElse(MapRDBSourceConfig.BulkModeOption, "false").toBoolean
 
-      data.saveToMapRDB(tablePath.get, idFieldPath, createTable, bulkInsert)
+      val logicalPlan: LogicalPlan = {
+        // For various commands (like DDL) and queries with side effects, we force query execution
+        // to happen right away to let these side effects take place eagerly.
+        data.queryExecution.analyzed match {
+          case c: Command =>
+            LocalRelation(c.output, data.queryExecution.executedPlan.executeCollect())
+          case u@Union(children) if children.forall(_.isInstanceOf[Command]) =>
+            LocalRelation(u.output, data.queryExecution.executedPlan.executeCollect())
+          case _ =>
+            data.queryExecution.analyzed
+        }
+      }
+
+      val encoder = RowEncoder(data.schema).resolveAndBind(
+        logicalPlan.output,
+        data.sparkSession.sessionState.analyzer)
+      data.queryExecution.toRdd.map(encoder.fromRow).saveToMapRDB(tablePath.get, createTable, bulkInsert, idFieldPath)
 
       latestBatchId = batchId
     }
   }
+
 }