diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
index b06f723b4caf6..464df5ae21aa5 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/sqlite3.c
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ static void php_sqlite3_error(php_sqlite3_db_object *db_obj, char *format, ...)
 
 #define SQLITE3_CHECK_INITIALIZED(db_obj, member, class_name) \
 	if (!(db_obj) || !(member)) { \
-		php_sqlite3_error(db_obj, "The " #class_name " object has not been correctly initialised"); \
-		RETURN_FALSE; \
+		zend_throw_error(NULL, "The " #class_name " object has not been correctly initialised or is already closed"); \
+		RETURN_THROWS(); \
 	}
 
 #define SQLITE3_CHECK_INITIALIZED_STMT(member, class_name) \
 	if (!(member)) { \
-		php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "The " #class_name " object has not been correctly initialised"); \
-		RETURN_FALSE; \
+		zend_throw_error(NULL, "The " #class_name " object has not been correctly initialised or is already closed"); \
+		RETURN_THROWS(); \
 	}
 
 /* {{{ PHP_INI */
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug66550.phpt b/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug66550.phpt
index de7aae1493943..244f358a5f094 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug66550.phpt
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/tests/bug66550.phpt
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ $stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT bar FROM foo WHERE id=:id');
 // Close the database connection and free the internal sqlite3_stmt object
 $db->close();
 // Access the sqlite3_stmt object via the php_sqlite3_stmt container
-$stmt->reset();
+try {
+    $stmt->reset();
+} catch (\Error $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage() . \PHP_EOL;
+}
 ?>
---EXPECTF--
-Warning: SQLite3Stmt::reset(): The SQLite3 object has not been correctly initialised in %s
+--EXPECT--
+The SQLite3 object has not been correctly initialised or is already closed
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_12_unfinalized_stmt_cleanup.phpt b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_12_unfinalized_stmt_cleanup.phpt
index e3e67f1ff453d..34af57128ab56 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_12_unfinalized_stmt_cleanup.phpt
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_12_unfinalized_stmt_cleanup.phpt
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ while ($result = $results->fetchArray(SQLITE3_NUM))
 echo "Closing database\n";
 var_dump($db->close());
 echo "Check db was closed\n";
-var_dump($results->numColumns());
+try {
+    var_dump($results->numColumns());
+} catch (\Error $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage() . \PHP_EOL;
+}
 echo "Done\n";
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--
@@ -46,7 +50,5 @@ array(2) {
 Closing database
 bool(true)
 Check db was closed
-
-Warning: SQLite3Result::numColumns(): The SQLite3Result object has not been correctly initialised in %s on line %d
-bool(false)
+The SQLite3Result object has not been correctly initialised or is already closed
 Done
diff --git a/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_15_open_error.phpt b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_15_open_error.phpt
index 0c3e9537db2da..817affa78461a 100644
--- a/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_15_open_error.phpt
+++ b/ext/sqlite3/tests/sqlite3_15_open_error.phpt
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ if(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN' ) {
 	die('skip non windows test');
 }
 require_once(__DIR__ . '/skipif.inc');
+if (!function_exists('posix_geteui')) {
+    die('SKIP posix_geteuid() not defined so cannot check if run as root');
+}
 if (posix_geteuid() == 0) {
     die('SKIP Cannot run test as root.');
 }