diff --git a/ext/rtree/rtree.c b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
index b39e5801b2..c4c536f8ce 100644
--- a/ext/rtree/rtree.c
+++ b/ext/rtree/rtree.c
@@ -1721,15 +1721,17 @@ static int rtreeFilter(
   int ii;
   int rc = SQLITE_OK;
   int iCell = 0;
+  sqlite3_stmt *pStmt;
 
   rtreeReference(pRtree);
 
   /* Reset the cursor to the same state as rtreeOpen() leaves it in. */
   freeCursorConstraints(pCsr);
   sqlite3_free(pCsr->aPoint);
-  sqlite3_finalize(pCsr->pReadAux);
+  pStmt = pCsr->pReadAux;
   memset(pCsr, 0, sizeof(RtreeCursor));
   pCsr->base.pVtab = (sqlite3_vtab*)pRtree;
+  pCsr->pReadAux = pStmt;
 
   pCsr->iStrategy = idxNum;
   if( idxNum==1 ){
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index f963313acd..bf8c2873b8 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\sa\sprepare-statement\sleak.
-D 2018-05-18T16:46:09.315
+C Avoid\sunnecessary\ssqlite3_finalize()\soperations.
+D 2018-05-18T16:53:07.242
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in bfc40f350586923e0419d2ea4b559c37ec10ee4b6e210e08c14401f8e340f0da
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ F ext/repair/test/checkfreelist01.test 3e8aa6aeb4007680c94a8d07b41c339aa635cc782
 F ext/repair/test/checkindex01.test 6945d0ffc0c1dc993b2ce88036b26e0f5d6fcc65da70fc9df27c2647bb358b0f
 F ext/repair/test/test.tcl 686d76d888dffd021f64260abf29a55c57b2cedfa7fc69150b42b1d6119aac3c
 F ext/rtree/README 6315c0d73ebf0ec40dedb5aa0e942bc8b54e3761
-F ext/rtree/rtree.c 22f70cfd945a35f22c825dd33a387f8e4a760e836dbdb5b53c8604c013baa70b
+F ext/rtree/rtree.c 148ae743198ca9fe1dfdf2fed74e5c3b0e69330e5b71ddc0d9df9993324dcedc
 F ext/rtree/rtree.h 4a690463901cb5e6127cf05eb8e642f127012fd5003830dbc974eca5802d9412
 F ext/rtree/rtree1.test 587889855b26fb8637417921b0709ca843cb6d36db94a882371fd8b7dcc3aa0b
 F ext/rtree/rtree2.test 5f25b01acd03470067a2d52783b2eb0a50bf836803d4342d20ca39e541220fe2
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 059d20abd57727e6d312f15b640359ef778786f577d9b50b17b57195db2d0aef
-R 94d7d699dafad8b4359ea156ee884062
+P 95fd296ffc8130526a1453cbdca6ce47f22fc5b5c474aa31d66b627d0c7393a1
+R 2d7f80f5a8cb7985e7256646130cf7be
 U drh
-Z c84439bc3f7cc8054f4dee343e2e07a0
+Z 143ebe5c5507b367bd6154b3294d97b7
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index a1b0e94190..643e5a1325 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-95fd296ffc8130526a1453cbdca6ce47f22fc5b5c474aa31d66b627d0c7393a1
\ No newline at end of file
+16f71032a3a2919cb226b25b5256a370adb5c55fa506d4774b7f83dc8868e793
\ No newline at end of file