diff --git a/deps/sqlite/sqlite3.c b/deps/sqlite/sqlite3.c
index 91db04a9ecdc54..1bbba6de0766ec 100644
--- a/deps/sqlite/sqlite3.c
+++ b/deps/sqlite/sqlite3.c
@@ -238354,7 +238354,13 @@ static int sessionApplyOneOp(
     for(i=0; rc==SQLITE_OK && i<nCol; i++){
       sqlite3_value *pOld = sessionChangesetOld(pIter, i);
       sqlite3_value *pNew = sessionChangesetNew(pIter, i);
-      if( p->abPK[i] || (bPatchset==0 && pOld) ){
+      if( p->abPK[i] ){
+        if( pOld==0 ){
+          rc = SQLITE_CORRUPT_BKPT;
+          break;
+        }
+        rc = sessionBindValue(pUp, i*2+2, pOld);
+      }else if( bPatchset==0 && pOld ){
         rc = sessionBindValue(pUp, i*2+2, pOld);
       }
       if( rc==SQLITE_OK && pNew ){
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-session.js b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-session.js
index 934ef576bc93fa..4a1ce89af5126a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-session.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-session.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const {
   DatabaseSync,
   constants,
 } = require('node:sqlite');
+const { spawnSync } = require('node:child_process');
 const { test, suite } = require('node:test');
 const { nextDb } = require('../sqlite/next-db.js');
 const { Worker } = require('worker_threads');
@@ -94,6 +95,41 @@ test('database.applyChangeset() - closed database results in exception', (t) =>
   });
 });
 
+test('database.applyChangeset() - malformed changeset throws instead of crashing', (t) => {
+  const script = `
+    const { DatabaseSync } = require('node:sqlite');
+    const payload = Buffer.from('540401000000743100177e0072286565286565', 'hex');
+
+    const database = new DatabaseSync(':memory:');
+    database.exec('CREATE TABLE t1(a INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, b, c, d)');
+
+    try {
+      database.applyChangeset(payload);
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({ applied: true }));
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({
+        name: err.name,
+        code: err.code,
+        errcode: err.errcode,
+        message: err.message,
+      }));
+    }
+  `;
+
+  const result = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--experimental-sqlite', '-e', script], {
+    encoding: 'utf8',
+  });
+
+  t.assert.strictEqual(result.signal, null);
+  t.assert.strictEqual(result.status, 0);
+  t.assert.deepStrictEqual(JSON.parse(result.stdout), {
+    name: 'Error',
+    code: 'ERR_SQLITE_ERROR',
+    errcode: 11,
+    message: 'database disk image is malformed',
+  });
+});
+
 test('database.createSession() - use table option to track specific table', (t) => {
   const database1 = new DatabaseSync(':memory:');
   const database2 = new DatabaseSync(':memory:');