1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
index 14260442b6..2f7df85ce4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/engines/sqlite.py
@@ -135,13 +135,14 @@ class Sqlite3Engine(BaseDatabaseEngine[sqlite3.Connection, sqlite3.Cursor]):
         > than one statement with it, it will raise a Warning. Use executescript() if
         > you want to execute multiple SQL statements with one call.
 
-        Though the docs for `executescript` warn:
+        The script is wrapped in transaction control statemnets, since the docs for
+        `executescript` warn:
 
         > If there is a pending transaction, an implicit COMMIT statement is executed
         > first. No other implicit transaction control is performed; any transaction
         > control must be added to sql_script.
         """
-        cursor.executescript(script)
+        cursor.executescript(f"BEGIN TRANSACTION;\n{script}\nCOMMIT;")
 
 
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