diff --git a/lib/mbtiles.js b/lib/mbtiles.js
index 53a18cc..2ca3dc2 100644
--- a/lib/mbtiles.js
+++ b/lib/mbtiles.js
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ MBTiles.prototype.putInfo = function(data, callback) {
 // Implements carmen#getGeocoderData method.
 MBTiles.prototype.getGeocoderData = function(type, shard, callback) {
     return this._db.get('SELECT data FROM geocoder_data WHERE type = ? AND shard = ?', type, shard, function(err, row) {
+        if (err && err.code === 'SQLITE_ERROR' && err.errno === 1) return callback();
         if (err) return callback(err);
         if (!row) return callback();
         zlib.inflate(row.data, callback);