diff --git a/src/core/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp b/src/core/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
index d992b4a82e58..507ac975ec0e 100644
--- a/src/core/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgscoordinatetransform.cpp
@@ -952,13 +952,17 @@ bool QgsCoordinateTransform::datumTransformCrsInfo( int datumTransform, int& eps
   }
 
   int srcCrsId, destCrsId;
-  if ( sqlite3_step( stmt ) == SQLITE_ROW )
+  if ( sqlite3_step( stmt ) != SQLITE_ROW )
   {
-    epsgNr = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 0 );
-    srcCrsId = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 1 );
-    destCrsId = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 2 );
+    sqlite3_finalize( stmt );
+    sqlite3_close( db );
+    return false;
   }
 
+  epsgNr = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 0 );
+  srcCrsId = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 1 );
+  destCrsId = sqlite3_column_int( stmt, 2 );
+
   QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem srcCrs;
   srcCrs.createFromOgcWmsCrs( QString( "EPSG:%1" ).arg( srcCrsId ) );
   srcProjection = srcCrs.description();
@@ -966,7 +970,8 @@ bool QgsCoordinateTransform::datumTransformCrsInfo( int datumTransform, int& eps
   destCrs.createFromOgcWmsCrs( QString( "EPSG:%1" ).arg( destCrsId ) );
   dstProjection = destCrs.description();
 
-  sqlite3_finalize( stmt ); sqlite3_close( db );
+  sqlite3_finalize( stmt );
+  sqlite3_close( db );
   return true;
 }