1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 337776230..0d08a2dfa 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -2536,9 +2536,12 @@ static int pager_delmaster(Pager *pPager, const char *zMaster){
       /* One of the journals pointed to by the master journal exists.
       ** Open it and check if it points at the master journal. If
       ** so, return without deleting the master journal file.
+      ** NB:  zJournal is really a MAIN_JOURNAL.  But call it a 
+      ** MASTER_JOURNAL here so that the VFS will not send the zJournal
+      ** name into sqlite3_database_file_object().
       */
       int c;
-      int flags = (SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY|SQLITE_OPEN_MAIN_JOURNAL);
+      int flags = (SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY|SQLITE_OPEN_MASTER_JOURNAL);
       rc = sqlite3OsOpen(pVfs, zJournal, pJournal, flags, 0);
       if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
         goto delmaster_out;