diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
index 96b1dd2178a..66a9e488b33 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
@@ -555,7 +555,9 @@ PHP_METHOD(sqlite3, query)
 			break;
 		}
 		default:
-			php_sqlite3_error(db_obj, "Unable to execute statement: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(db_obj->db));
+			if (!EG(exception)) {
+				php_sqlite3_error(db_obj, "Unable to execute statement: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(db_obj->db));
+			}
 			sqlite3_finalize(stmt_obj->stmt);
 			stmt_obj->initialised = 0;
 			zval_dtor(return_value);
@@ -1611,7 +1613,9 @@ PHP_METHOD(sqlite3stmt, execute)
 			sqlite3_reset(stmt_obj->stmt);
 
 		default:
-			php_sqlite3_error(stmt_obj->db_obj, "Unable to execute statement: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(sqlite3_db_handle(stmt_obj->stmt)));
+			if (!EG(exception)) {
+				php_sqlite3_error(stmt_obj->db_obj, "Unable to execute statement: %s", sqlite3_errmsg(sqlite3_db_handle(stmt_obj->stmt)));
+			}
 			zval_dtor(return_value);
 			RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug72668.phpt b/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug72668.phpt
index ccb238f8e40..2845fa0a7ca 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug72668.phpt
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug72668.phpt
@@ -6,19 +6,36 @@ if (!extension_loaded('sqlite3')) die('skip'); ?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 function my_udf_md5($string) {
-	    throw new \Exception("test exception\n");
+	throw new \Exception("test exception\n");
 }
 
 $db = new SQLite3(':memory:');
 $db->createFunction('my_udf_md5', 'my_udf_md5');
 
 try {
-	    $result = $db->querySingle('SELECT my_udf_md5("test")');
-		    var_dump($result);
+	$result = $db->query('SELECT my_udf_md5("test")');
+	var_dump($result);
 }
 catch(\Exception $e) {
-	    echo "Exception: ".$e->getMessage();
+	echo "Exception: ".$e->getMessage();
+}
+try {
+	$result = $db->querySingle('SELECT my_udf_md5("test")');
+	var_dump($result);
+}
+catch(\Exception $e) {
+	echo "Exception: ".$e->getMessage();
+}
+$statement = $db->prepare('SELECT my_udf_md5("test")');
+try {
+	$result = $statement->execute();
+	var_dump($result);
+}
+catch(\Exception $e) {
+	echo "Exception: ".$e->getMessage();
 }
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
 Exception: test exception
+Exception: test exception
+Exception: test exception