Index: src/vdbeaux.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeaux.c
+++ src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -3653,13 +3653,13 @@
     v1 = sqlite3ValueText((sqlite3_value*)&c1, pColl->enc);
     n1 = v1==0 ? 0 : c1.n;
     v2 = sqlite3ValueText((sqlite3_value*)&c2, pColl->enc);
     n2 = v2==0 ? 0 : c2.n;
     rc = pColl->xCmp(pColl->pUser, n1, v1, n2, v2);
+    if( (v1==0 || v2==0) && prcErr ) *prcErr = SQLITE_NOMEM;
     sqlite3VdbeMemRelease(&c1);
     sqlite3VdbeMemRelease(&c2);
-    if( (v1==0 || v2==0) && prcErr ) *prcErr = SQLITE_NOMEM;
     return rc;
   }
 }
 
 /*

Index: src/whereexpr.c
==================================================================
--- src/whereexpr.c
+++ src/whereexpr.c
@@ -200,10 +200,11 @@
   int cnt;                   /* Number of non-wildcard prefix characters */
   char wc[3];                /* Wildcard characters */
   sqlite3 *db = pParse->db;  /* Database connection */
   sqlite3_value *pVal = 0;
   int op;                    /* Opcode of pRight */
+  int rc;                    /* Result code to return */
 
   if( !sqlite3IsLikeFunction(db, pExpr, pnoCase, wc) ){
     return 0;
   }
 #ifdef SQLITE_EBCDIC
@@ -265,12 +266,13 @@
     }else{
       z = 0;
     }
   }
 
+  rc = (z!=0);
   sqlite3ValueFree(pVal);
-  return (z!=0);
+  return rc;
 }
 #endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_LIKE_OPTIMIZATION */
 
 
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE