Index: ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
==================================================================
--- ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+++ ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
@@ -2999,12 +2999,14 @@
       fts3UpdateDocTotals(&rc, p, aSzIns, aSzDel, nEntry);
     }
     sqlite3_free(aSz);
 
     if( pStmt ){
-      assert( rc==SQLITE_OK );
-      rc = sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
+      int rc2 = sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
+      if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+        rc = rc2;
+      }
     }
   }
 
   return rc;
 }

Index: test/fts3fault2.test
==================================================================
--- test/fts3fault2.test
+++ test/fts3fault2.test
@@ -102,7 +102,33 @@
     CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE tt USING fts4(compress=zip, uncompress=unzip);
   }
 } -test {
   faultsim_test_result {0 {}}
 }
+
+do_test 4.0 {
+  faultsim_delete_and_reopen
+  execsql {
+    CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE ft USING fts4(a, b);
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('U U T C O', 'F N D E S');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('P H X G B', 'I D M R U');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('P P X D M', 'Y V N T C');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('Z L Q O W', 'D F U N Q');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('A J D U P', 'C H M Q E');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('P S A O H', 'S Z C W D');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('T B N L W', 'C A K T I');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('K E Z L O', 'L L Y C E');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('C R E S V', 'Q V F W P');
+    INSERT INTO ft VALUES('S K H G W', 'R W Q F G');
+  }
+  faultsim_save_and_close
+} {}
+do_faultsim_test 4.1 -prep {
+  faultsim_restore_and_reopen
+  db eval {SELECT * FROM sqlite_master}
+} -body {
+  execsql { INSERT INTO ft(ft) VALUES('rebuild') }
+} -test {
+  faultsim_test_result {0 {}}
+}
 
 finish_test