diff --git a/qutebrowser/misc/sql.py b/qutebrowser/misc/sql.py
index e04c3f6e3..f19de698f 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/misc/sql.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/misc/sql.py
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ class SqliteError(SqlError):
         # https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/2930
         # https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/3004
         environmental_errors = [
+            '5',   # SQLITE_BUSY ("database is locked")
             '8',   # SQLITE_READONLY
-            '9',   # SQLITE_LOCKED,
-            '13',  # SQLITE_FULL,
+            '13',  # SQLITE_FULL
         ]
         self.environmental = error.nativeErrorCode() in environmental_errors
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/misc/test_sql.py b/tests/unit/misc/test_sql.py
index fdd5c89c8..89c442b2b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/misc/test_sql.py
+++ b/tests/unit/misc/test_sql.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_sqlerror():
 class TestSqliteError:
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize('error_code, environmental', [
-        ('9', True),  # SQLITE_LOCKED
+        ('5', True),  # SQLITE_BUSY
         ('19', False),  # SQLITE_CONSTRAINT
     ])
     def test_environmental(self, error_code, environmental):