diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index e3604d97bc5..0ca9f0d0efa 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -3445,6 +3445,11 @@ bool SQLTagStore::ResetAndBindStatement(
     Environment* env,
     StatementSync* stmt,
     const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  if (stmt->IsFinalized()) {
+    THROW_ERR_INVALID_STATE(env, "query contains no statement");
+    return false;
+  }
+
   Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
   int r = stmt->ResetStatement();
   CHECK_ERROR_OR_THROW(isolate, stmt->db_.get(), r, SQLITE_OK, false);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
index 445231bef0b..3dc1901f517 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
@@ -127,6 +127,20 @@ test('rejects parameters outside of template expressions', () => {
   ldb.close();
 });
 
+test('rejects queries that contain no statement', () => {
+  const expectedError = {
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_STATE',
+    message: /query contains no statement/,
+  };
+
+  for (const method of ['run', 'get', 'all', 'iterate']) {
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-expressions
+      sql[method]`-- comment`;
+    }, expectedError);
+  }
+});
+
 test('TagStore capacity, size, and clear', () => {
   assert.strictEqual(sql.capacity, 10);
   assert.strictEqual(sql.size, 0);