--- test/e_fts3.test
+++ test/e_fts3.test
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ error_test 2.1.8 {
 # of the document examples above.
 #
 do_malloc_test e_fts3-3 -tclbody { 
+  catch {db close}
   if {[catch {sqlite3 db test.db}]} { error "out of memory" }
 }
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