diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c
index 7d4f3e6ec2..94f75a08c8 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static int fts5Bm25GetData(
 
     /* Calculate the average document length for this FTS5 table */
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = pApi->xRowCount(pFts, &nRow);
+    assert( rc!=SQLITE_OK || nRow>0 );
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) rc = pApi->xColumnTotalSize(pFts, -1, &nToken);
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK ) p->avgdl = (double)nToken  / (double)nRow;
 
diff --git a/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c b/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
index a2e34005e1..c6dda28c54 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
+++ b/ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,13 @@ int sqlite3Fts5StorageSize(Fts5Storage *p, int iCol, i64 *pnToken){
 int sqlite3Fts5StorageRowCount(Fts5Storage *p, i64 *pnRow){
   int rc = fts5StorageLoadTotals(p, 0);
   if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+    /* nTotalRow being zero does not necessarily indicate a corrupt 
+    ** database - it might be that the FTS5 table really does contain zero
+    ** rows. However this function is only called from the xRowCount() API,
+    ** and there is no way for that API to be invoked if the table contains
+    ** no rows. Hence the FTS5_CORRUPT return.  */
     *pnRow = p->nTotalRow;
+    if( p->nTotalRow<=0 ) rc = FTS5_CORRUPT;
   }
   return rc;
 }
diff --git a/ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test b/ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test
index 0be321b33f..cb30a45b15 100644
--- a/ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test
+++ b/ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test
@@ -4652,6 +4652,34 @@ do_execsql_test 37.1 {
   SELECT rowid FROM t1('a');
 } {1}
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+reset_db 
+do_execsql_test 38.0 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE t1 USING fts5(b, c);
+  INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('a', 'b');
+  INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('a', 'b');
+  SELECT quote(block) FROM t1_data WHERE rowid=1;
+} {X'020202'}
+
+do_execsql_test 38.1 {
+  SELECT * FROM t1('a b') ORDER BY rank;
+} {a b a b}
+
+do_execsql_test 38.2 {
+  UPDATE t1_data SET block = X'000202' WHERE rowid=1;
+}
+breakpoint
+do_catchsql_test 38.3 {
+  SELECT * FROM t1('a b') ORDER BY rank;
+} {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+
+db close
+sqlite3 db test.db
+do_catchsql_test 38.4 {
+  SELECT * FROM t1('a b') ORDER BY rank;
+} {1 {database disk image is malformed}}
+
+
 
 
 sqlite3_fts5_may_be_corrupt 0
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 0aac2b1d0b..44325e095c 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Remove\sa\sbroken\sassert()\striggered\sby\sa\s"PRAGMA\smax_page_count\s=\sN"\ninvocation,\swhere\sN\sis\slarger\sthan\sthe\snumber\sof\spages\sin\sthe\sdatabase\simage,\nbut\ssmaller\sthan\sthe\snumber\sof\spages\sin\sthe\sdatabase\sfile.
-D 2019-01-19T15:27:09.978
+C Avoid\sa\sdivision-by-zero\serror\sin\sfts5\scaused\sby\sa\scorrupt\sdatabase.
+D 2019-01-19T15:55:27.886
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F Makefile.in 2a9d0331ab57c68173a4c2fe9046fe89c4d916a888e04dd7a2d36958c2bff777
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ F ext/fts3/unicode/parseunicode.tcl a981bd6466d12dd17967515801c3ff23f74a281be1a0
 F ext/fts5/extract_api_docs.tcl a36e54ec777172ddd3f9a88daf593b00848368e0
 F ext/fts5/fts5.h 4f5d19b7973dae23de368728f06d3eb1fe9f5cca2990366b40e9379996f35e61
 F ext/fts5/fts5Int.h 28a99786582ef2a49db6be8eead420ad4d16fbb6635560ded2455628686a1ba9
-F ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c 4353df5d71a8f84ae94ed9c5c9199d1594b8efc9476c4d617fbd8db8b291e3a7
+F ext/fts5/fts5_aux.c c93e943a172de7ac20547158f4eb1fc7729e6807883c71a1cc5be96fa157d69b
 F ext/fts5/fts5_buffer.c 61f48c4921461dcd3b101eadf2c9e5641dbe7e6470bc60252bee2e42e70ef638
 F ext/fts5/fts5_config.c eeec97cb0237991e7fa3bbae07b5cc354e3f238b661200c11228fe167c18f882
 F ext/fts5/fts5_expr.c 188d1dca5a262a0708efc5deb809f1aa6ecea4158986a439d2670cfe72d10b65
 F ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c d415f5ad332b051f0ade564bcf1762c4467cc49b2ba8ea5873d8744c705d8d42
 F ext/fts5/fts5_index.c 53e064ad16036993ce9b2db77ba7e47f7a9a921b142091c268d5146caebd237a
 F ext/fts5/fts5_main.c 4a7ebaa5a23e932289355c05fbfc0f5b99d8d087e2f4c9e7b7a723c7b8ac9f02
-F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 00db5029ee470172c1a79d7182808b678ee21b7ea1f63618bcb0591bf8cf7f8a
+F ext/fts5/fts5_storage.c 57e3f2b1a612961a27c944d6b8821028ec5fdb541d7e6b841785003ac3b0b43a
 F ext/fts5/fts5_tcl.c 39bcbae507f594aad778172fa914cad0f585bf92fd3b078c686e249282db0d95
 F ext/fts5/fts5_test_mi.c 08c11ec968148d4cb4119d96d819f8c1f329812c568bac3684f5464be177d3ee
 F ext/fts5/fts5_test_tok.c f96c6e193c466711d6d7828d5f190407fe7ab897062d371426dd3036f01258e7
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ F ext/fts5/test/fts5connect.test 08030168fc96fc278fa81f28654fb7e90566f33aff269c0
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5content.test 688d5ac7af194ebc67495daea76a69e3cd5480122c2320e72d41241b423b4116
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt.test 77ae6f41a7eba10620efb921cf7dbe218b0ef232b04519deb43581cb17a57ebe
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt2.test 7453752ba12ce91690c469a6449d412561cc604b1dec994e16ab132952e7805f
-F ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test 44c0cb3cd7f5c272f299bcd900f270885148181f9148cdfe302e96b6d94b69c3
+F ext/fts5/test/fts5corrupt3.test b9ca1b79300cbc655b998188464774214bf003b7994338acb421fe8b3cff0975
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5delete.test cbf87e3b8867c4d5cfcaed975c7475fd3f99d072bce2075fcedf43d1f82af775
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5detail.test 31b240dbf6d44ac3507e2f8b65f29fdc12465ffd531212378c7ce1066766f54e
 F ext/fts5/test/fts5determin.test 1b77879b2ae818b5b71c859e534ee334dac088b7cf3ff3bf76a2c82b1c788d11
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 908ff7fffa302255a74e2334ca3a1779ed43acb0268fce5a83a56fd16794dc88
-R 971a974acc09c728c7f8cfea14ce9be5
+P 7cd56cad5efead5097e9918c87313bb46e583fe62bae0df1be60e10117e2c3cb
+R ce6dd7c281d4e63f810428007f9405ad
 U dan
-Z dcdc09de7eecf89af5550e10c8853994
+Z f7b3453d78000e6a39688d7713d9192b
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index d490d28a52..c3df826ed8 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7cd56cad5efead5097e9918c87313bb46e583fe62bae0df1be60e10117e2c3cb
\ No newline at end of file
+928e622178bd004be52b2271ac554176aebe9d6e115ecac4e7072eccbb4262b5
\ No newline at end of file