diff --git a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
index 2deba3cc..e5f66d31 100644
--- a/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
+++ b/source/shared/core_stmt.cpp
@@ -2535,11 +2535,14 @@ void resize_output_buffer_if_necessary( _Inout_ sqlsrv_stmt* stmt, _Inout_ zval*
 
     // account for the NULL terminator returned by ODBC and needed by Zend to avoid a "String not null terminated" debug warning
     SQLULEN field_size = column_size;
-    // with AE on, when column_size is retrieved from SQLDescribeParam, column_size does not include the decimal place
-    // include the decimal for output params by adding elem_size
-    if ( stmt->conn->ce_option.enabled && decimal_digits > 0 )
-    {
+    // with AE on, when column_size is retrieved from SQLDescribeParam, column_size does not include the negative sign or decimal place for numeric values
+    if (stmt->conn->ce_option.enabled && (sql_type == SQL_DECIMAL || sql_type == SQL_NUMERIC || sql_type == SQL_BIGINT || sql_type == SQL_INTEGER || sql_type == SQL_SMALLINT)) {
+        // include the possible negative sign
         field_size += elem_size;
+        // include the decimal for output params by adding elem_size
+        if (decimal_digits > 0) {
+            field_size += elem_size;
+        }
     }
     if (column_size == SQL_SS_LENGTH_UNLIMITED) {
         field_size = SQL_SERVER_MAX_FIELD_SIZE / elem_size;