diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
index b968246f9409c..cdc11fa6eeab2 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ PHP_METHOD(sqlite3, openBlob)
 
 	SQLITE3_CHECK_INITIALIZED(db_obj, db_obj->initialised, SQLite3)
 
-	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "ssl|sl", &table, &table_len, &column, &column_len, &rowid, &dbname, &dbname_len, &flags) == FAILURE) {
+	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "ssl|pl", &table, &table_len, &column, &column_len, &rowid, &dbname, &dbname_len, &flags) == FAILURE) {
 		return;
 	}