diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index daeedd7d2d..d256e1644b 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Better\sdetection\sof\scorruption\sin\sthe\s%_stat\sand\s%_docsize\sshadow\stables\nof\sFTS3.
-D 2019-11-17T02:41:06.494
+C Fix\san\sassert\sthat\scan\sfail\sif\sthe\sschema\sis\scorrupt.
+D 2019-11-17T11:47:50.999
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 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ F src/auth.c a3d5bfdba83d25abed1013a8c7a5f204e2e29b0c25242a56bc02bb0c07bf1e06
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 F src/bitvec.c 17ea48eff8ba979f1f5b04cc484c7bb2be632f33
 F src/btmutex.c 8acc2f464ee76324bf13310df5692a262b801808984c1b79defb2503bbafadb6
-F src/btree.c 12e251f8c3eaad05e6d0db94772bf779b3a644e18d884025da6bcbc98cad1d22
+F src/btree.c b43507671f291ed874e469517b3b333d2743c190def89cae4e1dccd6d5473a9d
 F src/btree.h f27a33c49280209a93385e218306c4ee5f46ba8d7649d2f81a7166b282232484
 F src/btreeInt.h 91806f01fd1145a9a86ba3042f25c38d8faf6002701bf5e780742cf88bcff437
 F src/build.c fe0b0b6dfab27a6f5778bd3dba8db879fda114c1d524a9597e5195ac55c8d01b
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
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-R 8cd04f5b2ab31e4e6a20c98f6ee3e287
+P 1e449687881f4d388e54a0e51bcabba41ab10cf7e596ff65e31e88a23c70d497
+R 34046cb8959003a11a67b66c8db4d70c
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-Z 4bb0986828ea646d1a8a470b5245a8a1
+Z b99bb99bc2fe46e8b5443bc31b14c739
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index c5db53568d..8ce68a37aa 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1e449687881f4d388e54a0e51bcabba41ab10cf7e596ff65e31e88a23c70d497
\ No newline at end of file
+ed57c48e4bb337810521bda2da79614313e4835a317ca4eadb52bd67e4eadf98
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/btree.c b/src/btree.c
index b4c787edbf..57634f69bb 100644
--- a/src/btree.c
+++ b/src/btree.c
@@ -4365,8 +4365,9 @@ static int btreeCursor(
   /* The following assert statements verify that if this is a sharable 
   ** b-tree database, the connection is holding the required table locks, 
   ** and that no other connection has any open cursor that conflicts with 
-  ** this lock.  */
-  assert( hasSharedCacheTableLock(p, iTable, pKeyInfo!=0, (wrFlag?2:1)) );
+  ** this lock.  The iTable<1 term disables the check for corrupt schemas. */
+  assert( hasSharedCacheTableLock(p, iTable, pKeyInfo!=0, (wrFlag?2:1))
+          || iTable<1 );
   assert( wrFlag==0 || !hasReadConflicts(p, iTable) );
 
   /* Assert that the caller has opened the required transaction. */