1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/prepare.c b/src/prepare.c
index d778b8ba9..45654ecfc 100644
--- a/src/prepare.c
+++ b/src/prepare.c
@@ -278,9 +278,8 @@ static int sqlite3InitOne(sqlite3 *db, int iDb, char **pzErrMsg){
   pDb->pSchema->enc = ENC(db);
 
   if( pDb->pSchema->cache_size==0 ){
-    size = meta[BTREE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE-1];
+    size = sqlite3AbsInt32(meta[BTREE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE-1]);
     if( size==0 ){ size = SQLITE_DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE; }
-    if( size<0 ) size = -size;
     pDb->pSchema->cache_size = size;
     sqlite3BtreeSetCacheSize(pDb->pBt, pDb->pSchema->cache_size);
   }