1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 9b20678..98eb961 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -645,12 +645,11 @@ PyObject* _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject*
             goto error;
         }
 
-        if (rc == SQLITE_ROW || (rc == SQLITE_DONE && statement_type == STATEMENT_SELECT)) {
-            if (self->description == Py_None) {
-                Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
-                numcols = sqlite3_column_count(self->statement->st);
-                Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
-
+        if (rc == SQLITE_ROW || rc == SQLITE_DONE) {
+            Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+            numcols = sqlite3_column_count(self->statement->st);
+            Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+            if (self->description == Py_None && numcols > 0) {
                 Py_SETREF(self->description, PyTuple_New(numcols));
                 if (!self->description) {
                     goto error;