diff --git a/diesel/src/connection/sqlite/raw.rs b/diesel/src/connection/sqlite/raw.rs
index 5cfca558eb60..afcb0d15ca69 100644
--- a/diesel/src/connection/sqlite/raw.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/connection/sqlite/raw.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ extern crate libsqlite3_sys as ffi;
 extern crate libc;
 
 use std::ffi::{CString, CStr};
+use std::io::{stderr, Write};
 use std::{ptr, str};
 
 use result::*;
@@ -33,22 +34,20 @@ impl RawConnection {
     pub fn exec(&self, query: &str) -> QueryResult<()> {
         let mut err_msg = ptr::null_mut();
         let query = try!(CString::new(query));
+        let callback_fn = None;
+        let callback_arg = ptr::null_mut();
         unsafe {
             ffi::sqlite3_exec(
                 self.internal_connection,
                 query.as_ptr(),
-                None,
-                ptr::null_mut(),
+                callback_fn,
+                callback_arg,
                 &mut err_msg,
             );
         }
 
         if !err_msg.is_null() {
-            let msg = unsafe {
-                let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(err_msg).to_bytes();
-                str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes).into()
-            };
-            unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_free(err_msg as *mut libc::c_void) };
+            let msg = convert_to_string_and_free(err_msg);
             Err(DatabaseError(msg))
         } else {
             Ok(())
@@ -69,3 +68,12 @@ impl Drop for RawConnection {
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn convert_to_string_and_free(err_msg: *const libc::c_char) -> String {
+    let msg = unsafe {
+        let bytes = CStr::from_ptr(err_msg).to_bytes();
+        str::from_utf8_unchecked(bytes).into()
+    };
+    unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_free(err_msg as *mut libc::c_void) };
+    msg
+}