diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76fdb6a7..6dc75225 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@
 
 Release date: TBD
 
+* Fixed SSCursor raising OperationalError for query timeouts on wrong statement (#1032)
 * Exposed `Cursor.warning_count` to check for warnings without additional query (#1056)
 
+
 ## v1.0.3
 
 Release date: TBD
@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@ Release date: TBD
 * Dropped support of end of life MySQL version 5.6
 * Dropped support of end of life MariaDB versions below 10.3
 * Dropped support of end of life Python version 3.6
-* Exposed `Cursor.warning_count` to check for warnings without additional query (#1056)
 
 
 ## v1.0.2
diff --git a/pymysql/connections.py b/pymysql/connections.py
index 3265d32e..f82b1951 100644
--- a/pymysql/connections.py
+++ b/pymysql/connections.py
@@ -1262,7 +1262,20 @@ def _finish_unbuffered_query(self):
         # in fact, no way to stop MySQL from sending all the data after
         # executing a query, so we just spin, and wait for an EOF packet.
         while self.unbuffered_active:
-            packet = self.connection._read_packet()
+            try:
+                packet = self.connection._read_packet()
+            except err.OperationalError as e:
+                if e.args[0] in (
+                    ER.QUERY_TIMEOUT,
+                    ER.STATEMENT_TIMEOUT,
+                ):
+                    # if the query timed out we can simply ignore this error
+                    self.unbuffered_active = False
+                    self.connection = None
+                    return
+
+                raise
+
             if self._check_packet_is_eof(packet):
                 self.unbuffered_active = False
                 self.connection = None  # release reference to kill cyclic reference.