Index: src/btree.c
==================================================================
--- src/btree.c
+++ src/btree.c
@@ -2515,10 +2515,33 @@
   releasePage(pPage1);
   pBt->pPage1 = 0;
   return rc;
 }
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+/*
+** Return the number of cursors open on pBt. This is for use
+** in assert() expressions, so it is only compiled if NDEBUG is not
+** defined.
+**
+** Only write cursors are counted if wrOnly is true.  If wrOnly is
+** false then all cursors are counted.
+**
+** For the purposes of this routine, a cursor is any cursor that
+** is capable of reading or writing to the databse.  Cursors that
+** have been tripped into the CURSOR_FAULT state are not counted.
+*/
+static int countValidCursors(BtShared *pBt, int wrOnly){
+  BtCursor *pCur;
+  int r = 0;
+  for(pCur=pBt->pCursor; pCur; pCur=pCur->pNext){
+    if( (wrOnly==0 || pCur->wrFlag) && pCur->eState!=CURSOR_FAULT ) r++; 
+  }
+  return r;
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
 ** If there are no outstanding cursors and we are not in the middle
 ** of a transaction but there is a read lock on the database, then
 ** this routine unrefs the first page of the database file which 
 ** has the effect of releasing the read lock.
@@ -2525,11 +2548,11 @@
 **
 ** If there is a transaction in progress, this routine is a no-op.
 */
 static void unlockBtreeIfUnused(BtShared *pBt){
   assert( sqlite3_mutex_held(pBt->mutex) );
-  assert( pBt->pCursor==0 || pBt->inTransaction>TRANS_NONE );
+  assert( countValidCursors(pBt,0)==0 || pBt->inTransaction>TRANS_NONE );
   if( pBt->inTransaction==TRANS_NONE && pBt->pPage1!=0 ){
     assert( pBt->pPage1->aData );
     assert( sqlite3PagerRefcount(pBt->pPager)==1 );
     assert( pBt->pPage1->aData );
     releasePage(pBt->pPage1);
@@ -3349,31 +3372,10 @@
   }
   sqlite3BtreeLeave(p);
   return rc;
 }
 
-#ifndef NDEBUG
-/*
-** Return the number of write-cursors open on this handle. This is for use
-** in assert() expressions, so it is only compiled if NDEBUG is not
-** defined.
-**
-** For the purposes of this routine, a write-cursor is any cursor that
-** is capable of writing to the databse.  That means the cursor was
-** originally opened for writing and the cursor has not be disabled
-** by having its state changed to CURSOR_FAULT.
-*/
-static int countWriteCursors(BtShared *pBt){
-  BtCursor *pCur;
-  int r = 0;
-  for(pCur=pBt->pCursor; pCur; pCur=pCur->pNext){
-    if( pCur->wrFlag && pCur->eState!=CURSOR_FAULT ) r++; 
-  }
-  return r;
-}
-#endif
-
 /*
 ** This routine sets the state to CURSOR_FAULT and the error
 ** code to errCode for every cursor on BtShared that pBtree
 ** references.
 **
@@ -3449,11 +3451,11 @@
       if( nPage==0 ) sqlite3PagerPagecount(pBt->pPager, &nPage);
       testcase( pBt->nPage!=nPage );
       pBt->nPage = nPage;
       releasePage(pPage1);
     }
-    assert( countWriteCursors(pBt)==0 );
+    assert( countValidCursors(pBt, 1)==0 );
     pBt->inTransaction = TRANS_READ;
   }
 
   btreeEndTransaction(p);
   sqlite3BtreeLeave(p);

Index: test/misuse.test
==================================================================
--- test/misuse.test
+++ test/misuse.test
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@
     db eval {SELECT * FROM t1} {} {
       set r [sqlite3_close $::DB]
     }
   } msg]
   lappend v $msg $r
-} {0 {} SQLITE_BUSY}
+} {1 {callback requested query abort} SQLITE_BUSY}
 do_test misuse-4.4 {
   # Flush the TCL statement cache here, otherwise the sqlite3_close() will
   # fail because there are still un-finalized() VDBEs.
   db cache flush
   sqlite3_close $::DB