Index: src/status.c
==================================================================
--- src/status.c
+++ src/status.c
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@
       struct Vdbe *pVdbe;         /* Used to iterate through VMs */
       int nByte = 0;              /* Used to accumulate return value */
 
       db->pnBytesFreed = &nByte;
       for(pVdbe=db->pVdbe; pVdbe; pVdbe=pVdbe->pNext){
-        sqlite3VdbeDeleteObject(db, pVdbe);
+        sqlite3VdbeClearObject(db, pVdbe);
       }
       db->pnBytesFreed = 0;
 
       *pHighwater = 0;
       *pCurrent = nByte;

Index: src/vdbe.h
==================================================================
--- src/vdbe.h
+++ src/vdbe.h
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@
 void sqlite3VdbeUsesBtree(Vdbe*, int);
 VdbeOp *sqlite3VdbeGetOp(Vdbe*, int);
 int sqlite3VdbeMakeLabel(Vdbe*);
 void sqlite3VdbeRunOnlyOnce(Vdbe*);
 void sqlite3VdbeDelete(Vdbe*);
-void sqlite3VdbeDeleteObject(sqlite3*,Vdbe*);
+void sqlite3VdbeClearObject(sqlite3*,Vdbe*);
 void sqlite3VdbeMakeReady(Vdbe*,Parse*);
 int sqlite3VdbeFinalize(Vdbe*);
 void sqlite3VdbeResolveLabel(Vdbe*, int);
 int sqlite3VdbeCurrentAddr(Vdbe*);
 #ifdef SQLITE_DEBUG

Index: src/vdbeaux.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeaux.c
+++ src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -2432,16 +2432,18 @@
     }
   }
 }
 
 /*
-** Free all memory associated with the Vdbe passed as the second argument.
+** Free all memory associated with the Vdbe passed as the second argument,
+** except for object itself, which is preserved.
+**
 ** The difference between this function and sqlite3VdbeDelete() is that
 ** VdbeDelete() also unlinks the Vdbe from the list of VMs associated with
-** the database connection.
+** the database connection and frees the object itself.
 */
-void sqlite3VdbeDeleteObject(sqlite3 *db, Vdbe *p){
+void sqlite3VdbeClearObject(sqlite3 *db, Vdbe *p){
   SubProgram *pSub, *pNext;
   int i;
   assert( p->db==0 || p->db==db );
   releaseMemArray(p->aVar, p->nVar);
   releaseMemArray(p->aColName, p->nResColumn*COLNAME_N);
@@ -2458,11 +2460,10 @@
   sqlite3DbFree(db, p->pFree);
 #if defined(SQLITE_ENABLE_TREE_EXPLAIN)
   sqlite3DbFree(db, p->zExplain);
   sqlite3DbFree(db, p->pExplain);
 #endif
-  sqlite3DbFree(db, p);
 }
 
 /*
 ** Delete an entire VDBE.
 */
@@ -2470,10 +2471,11 @@
   sqlite3 *db;
 
   if( NEVER(p==0) ) return;
   db = p->db;
   assert( sqlite3_mutex_held(db->mutex) );
+  sqlite3VdbeClearObject(db, p);
   if( p->pPrev ){
     p->pPrev->pNext = p->pNext;
   }else{
     assert( db->pVdbe==p );
     db->pVdbe = p->pNext;
@@ -2481,11 +2483,11 @@
   if( p->pNext ){
     p->pNext->pPrev = p->pPrev;
   }
   p->magic = VDBE_MAGIC_DEAD;
   p->db = 0;
-  sqlite3VdbeDeleteObject(db, p);
+  sqlite3DbFree(db, p);
 }
 
 /*
 ** Make sure the cursor p is ready to read or write the row to which it
 ** was last positioned.  Return an error code if an OOM fault or I/O error