Index: src/pager.c
==================================================================
--- src/pager.c
+++ src/pager.c
@@ -4522,11 +4522,11 @@
       if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
         if( nPage==0 ){
           sqlite3BeginBenignMalloc();
           if( pagerLockDb(pPager, RESERVED_LOCK)==SQLITE_OK ){
             sqlite3OsDelete(pVfs, pPager->zJournal, 0);
-            pagerUnlockDb(pPager, SHARED_LOCK);
+            if( !pPager->exclusiveMode ) pagerUnlockDb(pPager, SHARED_LOCK);
           }
           sqlite3EndBenignMalloc();
         }else{
           /* The journal file exists and no other connection has a reserved
           ** or greater lock on the database file. Now check that there is

Index: test/exclusive.test
==================================================================
--- test/exclusive.test
+++ test/exclusive.test
@@ -466,7 +466,44 @@
 do_test exclusive-5.7 {
   # Just the db open.
   set sqlite_open_file_count
   expr $sqlite_open_file_count-$extrafds
 } {1}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+do_execsql_test exclusive-6.1 {
+  CREATE TABLE t4(a, b);
+  INSERT INTO t4 VALUES('Eden', 1955);
+  BEGIN;
+    INSERT INTO t4 VALUES('Macmillan', 1957);
+    INSERT INTO t4 VALUES('Douglas-Home', 1963);
+    INSERT INTO t4 VALUES('Wilson', 1964);
+}
+do_test exclusive-6.2 {
+  forcedelete test2.db test2.db-journal
+  file copy test.db test2.db
+  file copy test.db-journal test2.db-journal
+  sqlite3 db test2.db
+} {}
+
+do_execsql_test exclusive-6.3 {
+  PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE;
+  SELECT * FROM t4;
+} {exclusive Eden 1955}
+
+do_test exclusive-6.4 {
+  db close
+  forcedelete test.db test.db-journal
+  set fd [open test.db-journal w]
+  puts $fd x
+  close $fd
+  sqlite3 db test.db
+} {}
+
+do_execsql_test exclusive-6.5 {
+  PRAGMA locking_mode = EXCLUSIVE;
+  SELECT * FROM sqlite_master;
+} {}
 
 finish_test
+