1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
index b20c91d..66fadb6 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/statement.c
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ pysqlite_statement_create(pysqlite_Connection *connection, PyObject *sql)
     }
 
     sqlite3 *db = connection->db;
-    int max_length = sqlite3_limit(db, SQLITE_LIMIT_LENGTH, -1);
-    if (size >= max_length) {
+    int max_length = sqlite3_limit(db, SQLITE_LIMIT_SQL_LENGTH, -1);
+    if (size > max_length) {
         PyErr_SetString(connection->DataError,
                         "query string is too large");
         return NULL;