diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index e0411f4dc8..39902b1ae8 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Avoid\sunnecessary\scalls\sto\sbalance()\sfrom\ssqlite3BtreeDelete().
-D 2022-03-29T13:16:32.297
+C Reverse\sthe\sorder\sof\stwo\stests\sto\sstop\sa\sharmless\sinitialized\svalue\nwarning\sfrom\sMSAN\s-\sreported\sby\sOSSFuzz.
+D 2022-03-29T19:19:23.454
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ F src/vdbeInt.h 8dd91427155a38ec06e9ecbde07e33f21bc02e101625191e7613f883e379a363
 F src/vdbeapi.c 299da88f2788ac50b83890bbcfcfbfd09f5863604ad66f6165010cd897d087b5
 F src/vdbeaux.c 1de06d17a1af1bf5cc776e60afcc01c49438df90863fc4db0a0516060e7b959a
 F src/vdbeblob.c 5e61ce31aca17db8fb60395407457a8c1c7fb471dde405e0cd675974611dcfcd
-F src/vdbemem.c d6add1f60a255bd513b2b66a4139e810a8060bfe3d0639c34a0b80923d00ef35
+F src/vdbemem.c 6538bcef73730a060e7240981b6cc6c7efeef45337da38cb491657d0112a8831
 F src/vdbesort.c 43756031ca7430f7aec3ef904824a7883c4ede783e51f280d99b9b65c0796e35
 F src/vdbetrace.c fe0bc29ebd4e02c8bc5c1945f1d2e6be5927ec12c06d89b03ef2a4def34bf823
 F src/vdbevtab.c f99b275366c5fc5e2d99f734729880994ab9500bdafde7fae3b02d562b9d323c
@@ -1945,8 +1945,8 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P d50b162b2f2e320af0889b931351f9443580465a933f6657fa98f437b6579277
-R 760b6e4d465397c3b2d89a9054754f29
+P d0966d1bdd474e27cb048884d340184f0e81a4fab65eb6b74682b20630caddf8
+R 362fb85ce36e696bb625349ebeaa586d
 U drh
-Z 254ff3a6f1f20ba9be417b9b988b6588
+Z 1ae32a58ccc3cd421b61027296aeaf05
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 73ad7122bc..a79633940c 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-d0966d1bdd474e27cb048884d340184f0e81a4fab65eb6b74682b20630caddf8
\ No newline at end of file
+800b8fdad73b67105e416b4b5c6a5c5ded7d6a43b4eacd6b67d690cab7584b0b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vdbemem.c b/src/vdbemem.c
index 7a736fc21b..cb44f3ab26 100644
--- a/src/vdbemem.c
+++ b/src/vdbemem.c
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ int sqlite3VdbeChangeEncoding(Mem *pMem, int desiredEnc){
   assert( !sqlite3VdbeMemIsRowSet(pMem) );
   assert( desiredEnc==SQLITE_UTF8 || desiredEnc==SQLITE_UTF16LE
            || desiredEnc==SQLITE_UTF16BE );
-  if( pMem->enc==desiredEnc ){
-    return SQLITE_OK;
-  }
   if( !(pMem->flags&MEM_Str) ){
     pMem->enc = desiredEnc;
     return SQLITE_OK;
   }
+  if( pMem->enc==desiredEnc ){
+    return SQLITE_OK;
+  }
   assert( pMem->db==0 || sqlite3_mutex_held(pMem->db->mutex) );
 #ifdef SQLITE_OMIT_UTF16
   return SQLITE_ERROR;