Index: tool/fuzzershell.c
==================================================================
--- tool/fuzzershell.c
+++ tool/fuzzershell.c
@@ -699,18 +699,21 @@
         oomCnt = 0;
       }
       do{
         if( zDbName ){
           rc = sqlite3_open_v2(zDbName, &db, SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE, 0);
+          if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
+            abendError("Cannot open database file %s", zDbName);
+          }
         }else{
           rc = sqlite3_open_v2(
             "main.db", &db,
             SQLITE_OPEN_READWRITE | SQLITE_OPEN_CREATE | SQLITE_OPEN_MEMORY,
             0);
-        }
-        if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-          abendError("Unable to open the in-memory database");
+          if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
+            abendError("Unable to open the in-memory database");
+          }
         }
         if( pLook ){
           rc = sqlite3_db_config(db, SQLITE_DBCONFIG_LOOKASIDE,pLook,szLook,nLook);
           if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ) abendError("lookaside configuration filed: %d", rc);
         }