- Backported a workaround for a bug in SQLite 3.2.x/3.3.x versions where a
  statement recompilation with no bound parameters lead to a segfault
- Backported a fix necessary because of an SQLite API change in version 3.5.
  This prevents segfaults when executing empty queries, like our test suite
  does.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/util.c b/Modules/_sqlite/util.c
index f5a7233..cbaee92 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/util.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/util.c
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@
 {
     int rc;
 
-    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-    rc = sqlite3_step(statement);
-    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    if (statement == NULL) {
+        /* this is a workaround for SQLite 3.5 and later. it now apparently
+         * returns NULL for "no-operation" statements */
+        rc = SQLITE_OK;
+    } else {
+        Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+        rc = sqlite3_step(statement);
+        Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    }
 
     return rc;
 }