Index: src/pager.c
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--- src/pager.c
+++ src/pager.c
@@ -5583,11 +5583,11 @@
     /* If page one was fetched successfully, and this function is not
     ** operating in direct-mode, make page 1 writable.  When not in 
     ** direct mode, page 1 is always held in cache and hence the PagerGet()
     ** above is always successful - hence the ALWAYS on rc==SQLITE_OK.
     */
-    if( !DIRECT_MODE && rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+    if( !DIRECT_MODE && ALWAYS(rc==SQLITE_OK) ){
       rc = sqlite3PagerWrite(pPgHdr);
     }
 
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
       /* Actually do the update of the change counter */