diff --git a/src/plugins/sqldrivers/sqlite/qsql_sqlite.cpp b/src/plugins/sqldrivers/sqlite/qsql_sqlite.cpp
index d1a6582c5a..f715d3cba3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sqldrivers/sqlite/qsql_sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/sqldrivers/sqlite/qsql_sqlite.cpp
@@ -467,7 +467,10 @@ bool QSQLiteResult::exec()
 
 #if (SQLITE_VERSION_NUMBER >= 3003011)
     // In the case of the reuse of a named placeholder
-    if (paramCount < values.count()) {
+    // We need to check explicitly that paramCount is greater than 1, as sqlite
+    // can end up in a case where for virtual tables it returns 0 even though it
+    // has parameters
+    if (paramCount > 1 && paramCount < values.count()) {
         const auto countIndexes = [](int counter, const QList<int>& indexList) {
                                       return counter + indexList.length();
                                   };
diff --git a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
index a51865897f..c4a27a3175 100644
--- a/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/sql/kernel/qsqlquery/tst_qsqlquery.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ private slots:
     void emptyTableNavigate();
     void timeStampParsing_data() { generic_data(); }
     void timeStampParsing();
+    void sqliteVirtualTable_data() { generic_data("QSQLITE"); }
+    void sqliteVirtualTable();
 
 #ifdef NOT_READY_YET
     void task_229811();
@@ -4623,5 +4625,44 @@ void tst_QSqlQuery::dateTime()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_QSqlQuery::sqliteVirtualTable()
+{
+    // Virtual tables can behave differently when it comes to prepared
+    // queries, so we need to check these explicitly
+    QFETCH(QString, dbName);
+    QSqlDatabase db = QSqlDatabase::database(dbName);
+    CHECK_DATABASE(db);
+    const auto tableName = qTableName("sqliteVirtual", __FILE__, db);
+    QSqlQuery qry(db);
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec("create virtual table " + tableName + " using fts3(id, name)"));
+
+    // Delibrately malform the query to try and provoke a potential crash situation
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, prepare("select * from " + tableName + " where name match '?'"));
+    qry.addBindValue("Andy");
+    QVERIFY(!qry.exec());
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, prepare("insert into " + tableName + "(id, name) VALUES (?, ?)"));
+    qry.addBindValue(1);
+    qry.addBindValue("Andy");
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec());
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec("select * from " + tableName));
+    QVERIFY(qry.next());
+    QCOMPARE(qry.value(0).toInt(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(qry.value(1).toString(), "Andy");
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, prepare("insert into " + tableName + "(id, name) values (:id, :name)"));
+    qry.bindValue(":id", 2);
+    qry.bindValue(":name", "Peter");
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec());
+
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, prepare("select * from " + tableName + " where name match ?"));
+    qry.addBindValue("Peter");
+    QVERIFY_SQL(qry, exec());
+    QVERIFY(qry.next());
+    QCOMPARE(qry.value(0).toInt(), 2);
+    QCOMPARE(qry.value(1).toString(), "Peter");
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN( tst_QSqlQuery )
 #include "tst_qsqlquery.moc"