There was a possibility that the initialization of _sqlite, when it failed,
would lead to a decref of a NULL.

Fixes issue #11110.
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@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
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+- Issue #11110: Fix a potential decref of a NULL in sqlite3.
+
 - Issue #8275: Fix passing of callback arguments with ctypes under Win64.
   Patch by Stan Mihai.