diff --git a/tool/net/lsqlite3.c b/tool/net/lsqlite3.c
index 610b34293..fd938c973 100644
--- a/tool/net/lsqlite3.c
+++ b/tool/net/lsqlite3.c
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ static int db_deserialize(lua_State *L) {
     if (buffer == NULL || size == 0) /* ignore empty database content */
         return 0;
 
-    sqlite3_deserialize(db->db, "main", buffer, size, 5, 0);
+    sqlite3_deserialize(db->db, "main", buffer, size, size, 0);
     free(buffer);
     return 0;
 }