diff --git a/riak/codecs/ttb.py b/riak/codecs/ttb.py
index 00def900..5cec7038 100644
--- a/riak/codecs/ttb.py
+++ b/riak/codecs/ttb.py
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ def decode_timeseries(self, resp_ttb, tsobj,
 
         self.maybe_err_ttb(resp_ttb)
 
+        # NB: some queries return a BARE 'tsqueryresp' atom
+        # catch that here:
+        if resp_ttb == tsqueryresp_a:
+            return tsobj
+
+        # The response atom is the first element in the response tuple
         resp_a = resp_ttb[0]
         if resp_a == tsputresp_a:
             return
diff --git a/riak/tests/test_timeseries_ttb.py b/riak/tests/test_timeseries_ttb.py
index e1bf96a8..cd7b181c 100644
--- a/riak/tests/test_timeseries_ttb.py
+++ b/riak/tests/test_timeseries_ttb.py
@@ -130,6 +130,22 @@ class TimeseriesTtbTests(IntegrationTestBase, unittest.TestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(TimeseriesTtbTests, cls).setUpClass()
 
+    def test_query_that_creates_table_using_interpolation(self):
+        table = self.randname()
+        query = """CREATE TABLE test-{table} (
+            geohash varchar not null,
+            user varchar not null,
+            time timestamp not null,
+            weather varchar not null,
+            temperature double,
+            PRIMARY KEY((geohash, user, quantum(time, 15, m)),
+                geohash, user, time))
+        """
+        ts_obj = self.client.ts_query(table, query)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ts_obj)
+        self.assertFalse(hasattr(ts_obj, 'ts_cols'))
+        self.assertIsNone(ts_obj.rows)
+
     def test_query_that_returns_table_description(self):
         fmt = 'DESCRIBE {table}'
         query = fmt.format(table=table_name)