diff --git a/R/driver-db2.R b/R/driver-db2.R
index c325c592..9ec8c4bb 100644
--- a/R/driver-db2.R
+++ b/R/driver-db2.R
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ setMethod("odbcConnectionTables", c("DB2/AIX64", "character"),
         "WHERE 1 = 1 ", qTable, qSchema)
       tryCatch({
         dfTempTables <- dbGetQuery(conn, query)
-        # NULL as colname is not well liked by DB2 it seems. Hack here.
-        dfTempTables$table_remarks <- NA_character_
+        # NULL as colname is not well liked by DB2 it seems. Hack here. (#905).
+        if (nrow(dfTempTables)  > 0) {
+          dfTempTables$table_remarks <- NA_character_
+        }
       }, odbc_database_error = function(e) {
         cli::cli_warn("Unable to query for temporary tables in SYSIBMADM.ADMINTEMPTABLES")
       })