Index: src/shell.c.in
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--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -6577,11 +6577,11 @@
       "  SELECT shell_int32("
       "      (SELECT data FROM sqlite_dbpage WHERE pgno=trunk.pgno), 0) AS x "
       "      FROM trunk WHERE x>0"
       "),"
       "freelist(data, n, freepgno) AS ("
-      "  SELECT data, shell_int32(data, 1)-1, t.pgno "
+      "  SELECT data, min(16384, shell_int32(data, 1)-1), t.pgno "
       "      FROM trunk t, sqlite_dbpage s WHERE s.pgno=t.pgno"
       "    UNION ALL"
       "  SELECT data, n-1, shell_int32(data, 2+n) "
       "      FROM freelist WHERE n>=0"
       ")"