mariadb_stmt_execute_direct hangs forever if compression used

Summary gives complete problem description

Simplified testcase would be:

MYSQL *mariadb;
unsigned long client_flags= 0L;

client_flags|= CLIENT_COMPRESS;

mysql_real_connect(mariadb, "localhost", "root", "", "test", 3306, NULL, client_flags);
mariadb_stmt_execute_direct(stmt, "SELECT 1", -1);