diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 713cf4421c..acd08f3f4f 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Merge\sbug\sfix\sfrom\strunk.
-D 2016-04-25T15:03:49.467
+C Fix\ssome\sunreachable\sbranches\sin\sthe\spager.
+D 2016-04-25T19:20:56.371
 F Makefile.in a905f3180accdafbd5a534bf26126ee5306d5056
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 7bc79876b875010e8c8f9502eb935ca92aa3c434
 F Makefile.msc 71b8b16cf9393f68e2e2035486ca104872558836
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ F src/os_setup.h c9d4553b5aaa6f73391448b265b89bed0b890faa
 F src/os_unix.c 2488a2b6456709ad6398df2302d427a980e2695a
 F src/os_win.c 1997a873bfc8296a701bd8e2df8c3d5da5afe956
 F src/os_win.h eb7a47aa17b26b77eb97e4823f20a00b8bda12ca
-F src/pager.c cbc8996b773c191107b771424b529307ffdf19ba
+F src/pager.c a31af55dd6139c6ece7642667a035028a266d344
 F src/pager.h 329bdf078a4e0a3b35084534d58625d21fd03681
 F src/parse.y 10eb2f3fb62341291528c7984498054731f9d31e
 F src/pcache.c b3230ecfc7f797063fbe167f2845da363e8f07f8
@@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 9b8fec60d8e576cd09e1d075a59bfad1c6169d7a ec215f94ac9748c0acd82af0cc9e7a92249462f9
-R e941df834a8d6e2084dd43227adc9b5d
+P a905d5e08de3f3c60b667d840b5995911372647d
+R 1f1507f9b43194c78dbe59034ff5cd5c
 U drh
-Z 530f6cc77507869285e9eb18ff03544a
+Z 8869ed19649f951f40d0b8fe31c4bd6b
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 02d571129d..010c2a556f 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a905d5e08de3f3c60b667d840b5995911372647d
\ No newline at end of file
+3ae44770fdecc40c8097f1de0b504f36585a2232
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pager.c b/src/pager.c
index 3f2a131877..0a185c3e37 100644
--- a/src/pager.c
+++ b/src/pager.c
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ static int assert_pager_state(Pager *p){
   ** state.
   */
   if( MEMDB ){
+    assert( !isOpen(p->fd) );
     assert( p->noSync );
     assert( p->journalMode==PAGER_JOURNALMODE_OFF 
          || p->journalMode==PAGER_JOURNALMODE_MEMORY 
@@ -3204,6 +3205,8 @@ static int pagerPagecount(Pager *pPager, Pgno *pnPage){
   */
   assert( pPager->eState==PAGER_OPEN );
   assert( pPager->eLock>=SHARED_LOCK );
+  assert( isOpen(pPager->fd) );
+  assert( pPager->tempFile==0 );
   nPage = sqlite3WalDbsize(pPager->pWal);
 
   /* If the number of pages in the database is not available from the
@@ -3211,14 +3214,11 @@ static int pagerPagecount(Pager *pPager, Pgno *pnPage){
   ** the database file.  If the size of the database file is not an
   ** integer multiple of the page-size, round up the result.
   */
-  if( nPage==0 ){
+  if( nPage==0 && ALWAYS(isOpen(pPager->fd)) ){
     i64 n = 0;                    /* Size of db file in bytes */
-    assert( isOpen(pPager->fd) || pPager->tempFile );
-    if( isOpen(pPager->fd) ){
-      int rc = sqlite3OsFileSize(pPager->fd, &n);
-      if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
-        return rc;
-      }
+    int rc = sqlite3OsFileSize(pPager->fd, &n);
+    if( rc!=SQLITE_OK ){
+      return rc;
     }
     nPage = (Pgno)((n+pPager->pageSize-1) / pPager->pageSize);
   }
@@ -4964,6 +4964,7 @@ static int hasHotJournal(Pager *pPager, int *pExists){
     if( rc==SQLITE_OK && !locked ){
       Pgno nPage;                 /* Number of pages in database file */
 
+      assert( pPager->tempFile==0 );
       rc = pagerPagecount(pPager, &nPage);
       if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
         /* If the database is zero pages in size, that means that either (1) the
@@ -5448,7 +5449,8 @@ int sqlite3PagerGet(
       goto pager_acquire_err;
     }
 
-    if( MEMDB || pPager->dbSize<pgno || noContent || !isOpen(pPager->fd) ){
+    assert( !isOpen(pPager->fd) || !MEMDB );
+    if( !isOpen(pPager->fd) || pPager->dbSize<pgno || noContent ){
       if( pgno>pPager->mxPgno ){
         rc = SQLITE_FULL;
         goto pager_acquire_err;