diff --git a/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteConnection.java b/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteConnection.java
index 865940e796c83..01e237da2fa03 100644
--- a/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/android/database/sqlite/SQLiteConnection.java
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ public final class SQLiteConnection implements CancellationSignal.OnCancelListen
             int index, byte[] value);
     private static native void nativeResetStatementAndClearBindings(
             long connectionPtr, long statementPtr);
-    private static native void nativeExecute(long connectionPtr, long statementPtr);
+    private static native void nativeExecute(long connectionPtr, long statementPtr,
+            boolean isPragmaStmt);
     private static native long nativeExecuteForLong(long connectionPtr, long statementPtr);
     private static native String nativeExecuteForString(long connectionPtr, long statementPtr);
     private static native int nativeExecuteForBlobFileDescriptor(
@@ -699,6 +700,8 @@ public final class SQLiteConnection implements CancellationSignal.OnCancelListen
 
         final int cookie = mRecentOperations.beginOperation("execute", sql, bindArgs);
         try {
+            final boolean isPragmaStmt =
+                DatabaseUtils.getSqlStatementType(sql) == DatabaseUtils.STATEMENT_PRAGMA;
             final PreparedStatement statement = acquirePreparedStatement(sql);
             try {
                 throwIfStatementForbidden(statement);
@@ -706,7 +709,7 @@ public final class SQLiteConnection implements CancellationSignal.OnCancelListen
                 applyBlockGuardPolicy(statement);
                 attachCancellationSignal(cancellationSignal);
                 try {
-                    nativeExecute(mConnectionPtr, statement.mStatementPtr);
+                    nativeExecute(mConnectionPtr, statement.mStatementPtr, isPragmaStmt);
                 } finally {
                     detachCancellationSignal(cancellationSignal);
                 }
diff --git a/core/jni/android_database_SQLiteConnection.cpp b/core/jni/android_database_SQLiteConnection.cpp
index c80f1dc28595e..32697aeaa47ff 100644
--- a/core/jni/android_database_SQLiteConnection.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android_database_SQLiteConnection.cpp
@@ -518,23 +518,29 @@ static void nativeResetStatementAndClearBindings(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlon
     }
 }
 
-static int executeNonQuery(JNIEnv* env, SQLiteConnection* connection, sqlite3_stmt* statement) {
-    int err = sqlite3_step(statement);
-    if (err == SQLITE_ROW) {
+static int executeNonQuery(JNIEnv* env, SQLiteConnection* connection, sqlite3_stmt* statement,
+        bool isPragmaStmt) {
+    int rc = sqlite3_step(statement);
+    if (isPragmaStmt) {
+        while (rc == SQLITE_ROW) {
+            rc = sqlite3_step(statement);
+        }
+    }
+    if (rc == SQLITE_ROW) {
         throw_sqlite3_exception(env,
                 "Queries can be performed using SQLiteDatabase query or rawQuery methods only.");
-    } else if (err != SQLITE_DONE) {
+    } else if (rc != SQLITE_DONE) {
         throw_sqlite3_exception(env, connection->db);
     }
-    return err;
+    return rc;
 }
 
-static void nativeExecute(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong connectionPtr,
-        jlong statementPtr) {
+static void nativeExecute(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jlong connectionPtr, jlong statementPtr,
+        jboolean isPragmaStmt) {
     SQLiteConnection* connection = reinterpret_cast<SQLiteConnection*>(connectionPtr);
     sqlite3_stmt* statement = reinterpret_cast<sqlite3_stmt*>(statementPtr);
 
-    executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement);
+    executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement, isPragmaStmt);
 }
 
 static jint nativeExecuteForChangedRowCount(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
@@ -542,7 +548,7 @@ static jint nativeExecuteForChangedRowCount(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
     SQLiteConnection* connection = reinterpret_cast<SQLiteConnection*>(connectionPtr);
     sqlite3_stmt* statement = reinterpret_cast<sqlite3_stmt*>(statementPtr);
 
-    int err = executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement);
+    int err = executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement, false);
     return err == SQLITE_DONE ? sqlite3_changes(connection->db) : -1;
 }
 
@@ -551,7 +557,7 @@ static jlong nativeExecuteForLastInsertedRowId(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz,
     SQLiteConnection* connection = reinterpret_cast<SQLiteConnection*>(connectionPtr);
     sqlite3_stmt* statement = reinterpret_cast<sqlite3_stmt*>(statementPtr);
 
-    int err = executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement);
+    int err = executeNonQuery(env, connection, statement, false);
     return err == SQLITE_DONE && sqlite3_changes(connection->db) > 0
             ? sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(connection->db) : -1;
 }
@@ -912,7 +918,7 @@ static const JNINativeMethod sMethods[] =
             (void*)nativeBindBlob },
     { "nativeResetStatementAndClearBindings", "(JJ)V",
             (void*)nativeResetStatementAndClearBindings },
-    { "nativeExecute", "(JJ)V",
+    { "nativeExecute", "(JJZ)V",
             (void*)nativeExecute },
     { "nativeExecuteForLong", "(JJ)J",
             (void*)nativeExecuteForLong },