1 files changed, 2 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 4eb9c6d..7656c90 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -507,13 +507,8 @@ _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject* operation
 
     if (self->statement->in_use) {
         Py_SETREF(self->statement,
-                  PyObject_GC_New(pysqlite_Statement, pysqlite_StatementType));
-        if (!self->statement) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-        rc = pysqlite_statement_create(self->statement, self->connection, operation);
-        if (rc != SQLITE_OK) {
-            Py_CLEAR(self->statement);
+                  pysqlite_statement_create(self->connection, operation));
+        if (self->statement == NULL) {
             goto error;
         }
     }