Index: src/pager.c
==================================================================
--- src/pager.c
+++ src/pager.c
@@ -2754,10 +2754,14 @@
 ** is made to roll it back. If an error occurs during the rollback 
 ** a hot journal may be left in the filesystem but no error is returned
 ** to the caller.
 */
 int sqlite3PagerClose(Pager *pPager){
+  pagerEnter(pPager);
+  pPager->errCode = 0;
+  pager_reset(pPager);
+  pagerLeave(pPager);
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
   if( !MEMDB ){
 #ifndef SQLITE_MUTEX_NOOP
     sqlite3_mutex *mutex = sqlite3_mutex_alloc(SQLITE_MUTEX_STATIC_MEM2);
 #endif
@@ -2772,16 +2776,13 @@
     }
     sqlite3_mutex_leave(mutex);
     pPager->onPagerList = 0;
   }
 #endif
-
   disable_simulated_io_errors();
   sqlite3FaultBeginBenign(-1);
-  pPager->errCode = 0;
   pPager->exclusiveMode = 0;
-  pager_reset(pPager);
   pagerUnlockAndRollback(pPager);
   enable_simulated_io_errors();
   sqlite3FaultEndBenign(-1);
   PAGERTRACE2("CLOSE %d\n", PAGERID(pPager));
   IOTRACE(("CLOSE %p\n", pPager))