diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index b71f780a0b4dfd..518088dfe71bf1 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject* operation
 
     if (self->statement != NULL) {
         /* There is an active statement */
-        pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
+        (void)pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
     }
 
     /* reset description and rowcount */
@@ -473,10 +473,6 @@ _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject* operation
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (self->statement) {
-        (void)pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
-    }
-
     Py_XSETREF(self->statement,
               (pysqlite_Statement *)pysqlite_cache_get(self->connection->statement_cache, func_args));
     Py_DECREF(func_args);