diff --git a/s3tests_boto3/functional/test_s3select.py b/s3tests_boto3/functional/test_s3select.py
index 8dabcc6..1a2ccaf 100644
--- a/s3tests_boto3/functional/test_s3select.py
+++ b/s3tests_boto3/functional/test_s3select.py
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ def run_s3select(bucket,key,query,column_delim=",",row_delim="\n",quot_char='"',
 
     s3 = get_client()
     result = ""
+    result_status = {}
     try:
         r = s3.select_object_content(
         Bucket=bucket,
@@ -302,14 +303,18 @@ def run_s3select(bucket,key,query,column_delim=",",row_delim="\n",quot_char='"',
                 result.append(records.copy())
             if 'Progress' in event:
                 progress = event['Progress']
-                result.append(progress.copy())
+                result_status['Progress'] = event['Progress']
             if 'Stats' in event:
                 stats = event['Stats']
-                result.append(stats.copy())
+                result_status['Stats'] = event['Stats']
             if 'End' in event:
                 end = event['End']
-                result.append(end.copy())
-    return result
+                result_status['End'] = event['End']
+
+    if progress == False:
+        return result
+    else:
+        return result,result_status
 
 def run_s3select_output(bucket,key,query, quot_field, op_column_delim = ",", op_row_delim = "\n",  column_delim=",", op_quot_char = '"', op_esc_char = '\\', row_delim="\n",quot_char='"',esc_char='\\',csv_header_info="NONE"):
 
@@ -1550,21 +1555,26 @@ def test_progress_expressions():
 
     obj_size = len(csv_obj.encode('utf-8'))
 
-    res_s3select_response = run_s3select(bucket_name,csv_obj_name,"select sum(int(_1)) from s3object;",progress = True)
-    records_payload_size = len(remove_xml_tags_from_result(  run_s3select(bucket_name,csv_obj_name, 'select sum(int(_1)) from s3object;')).replace("\n",""))
+    result_status = {}
+    result_size = 0
 
-    total_response = len(res_s3select_response)
-    
+    res_s3select_response,result_status = run_s3select(bucket_name,csv_obj_name,"select sum(int(_1)) from s3object;",progress = True)
+
+    for rec in res_s3select_response:
+        result_size += len(rec['Payload'])
+
+    records_payload_size = result_size
+   
     # To do: Validate bytes processed after supporting compressed data
-    s3select_assert_result(obj_size, res_s3select_response[total_response-3]['Details']['BytesScanned'])
-    s3select_assert_result(records_payload_size, res_s3select_response[total_response-3]['Details']['BytesReturned'])
+    s3select_assert_result(obj_size, result_status['Progress']['Details']['BytesScanned'])
+    s3select_assert_result(records_payload_size, result_status['Progress']['Details']['BytesReturned'])
 
     # stats response payload validation
-    s3select_assert_result(obj_size, res_s3select_response[total_response-2]['Details']['BytesScanned'])
-    s3select_assert_result(records_payload_size, res_s3select_response[total_response-2]['Details']['BytesReturned'])
+    s3select_assert_result(obj_size, result_status['Stats']['Details']['BytesScanned'])
+    s3select_assert_result(records_payload_size, result_status['Stats']['Details']['BytesReturned'])
 
     # end response
-    s3select_assert_result({}, res_s3select_response[total_response-1])
+    s3select_assert_result({}, result_status['End'])
 
 @pytest.mark.s3select
 def test_output_serial_expressions():