diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index a43e253..4edcc7f 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
 			$sql = trim(substr($sql, 0, strrpos($sql, $orderby)));
 
 			// Get the fields to select from our subquery, so that we can avoid CI_rownum appearing in the actual results
-			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0)
+			if (count($this->qb_select) === 0 OR strpos(implode(',', $this->qb_select), '*') !== FALSE)
 			{
 				$select = '*'; // Inevitable
 			}