1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/wal.c b/src/wal.c
index 5fe2296d6..1fd5b201c 100644
--- a/src/wal.c
+++ b/src/wal.c
@@ -3062,7 +3062,6 @@ static int walTryBeginRead(Wal *pWal, int *pChanged, int useWal, int *pCnt){
       rc = walIndexReadHdr(pWal, pChanged);
     }
 #ifdef SQLITE_ENABLE_SETLK_TIMEOUT
-    walDisableBlocking(pWal);
     if( rc==SQLITE_BUSY_TIMEOUT ){
       rc = SQLITE_BUSY;
       *pCnt |= WAL_RETRY_BLOCKED_MASK;
@@ -3077,6 +3076,7 @@ static int walTryBeginRead(Wal *pWal, int *pChanged, int useWal, int *pCnt){
       ** WAL_RETRY this routine will be called again and will probably be
       ** right on the second iteration.
       */
+      (void)walEnableBlocking(pWal);
       if( pWal->apWiData[0]==0 ){
         /* This branch is taken when the xShmMap() method returns SQLITE_BUSY.
         ** We assume this is a transient condition, so return WAL_RETRY. The
@@ -3093,6 +3093,7 @@ static int walTryBeginRead(Wal *pWal, int *pChanged, int useWal, int *pCnt){
         rc = SQLITE_BUSY_RECOVERY;
       }
     }
+    walDisableBlocking(pWal);
     if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
       return rc;
     }