diff --git a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_char_size.phpt b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_char_size.phpt
index b17def17..a27335fa 100644
--- a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_char_size.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_char_size.phpt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ foreach($dataTypes as $dataType) {
                                 }
                             }
                         } else {
-                            if (strpos($sqltypeFull, "VARCHAR") !== false && $dataType == "char" && $m > $n  && strpos($sqltypeFull, "max") === false) {
+                            if (strpos($sqltypeFull, "VARCHAR") !== false && $dataType == "char" && $m > $n  && strpos($sqltypeFull, "max") === false && $dir == "SQLSRV_PARAM_OUT") {
                                 if ($r !== false) {
                                     echo "Conversions from $typeFull to output $sqltypeFull should not be supported\n";
                                 }
diff --git a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_nchar_size.phpt b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_nchar_size.phpt
index a76a0d12..3ab7b31c 100644
--- a/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_nchar_size.phpt
+++ b/test/functional/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_ae_output_param_sqltype_nchar_size.phpt
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ foreach($dataTypes as $dataType) {
                                 }
                             }
                         } else {
-                            if (strpos($sqltypeFull, "NVARCHAR") !== false && $dataType == "nchar" && $m > $n  && strpos($sqltypeFull, "max") === false) {
+                            if (strpos($sqltypeFull, "NVARCHAR") !== false && $dataType == "nchar" && $m > $n  && strpos($sqltypeFull, "max") === false && $dir == "SQLSRV_PARAM_OUT") {
                                 if ($r !== false) {
                                     echo "Conversions from $typeFull to output $sqltypeFull should not be supported\n";
                                 }