diff -Naur a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c	2014-05-31 22:58:40.000000000 +0400
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c	2014-06-04 10:16:59.812600000 +0400
@@ -783,9 +783,12 @@
     }
 
 error:
+    {
 #ifdef WITH_THREAD
     PyGILState_Release(threadstate);
 #endif
+      ;
+    }
 }
 
 static void _pysqlite_drop_unused_statement_references(pysqlite_Connection* self)