diff --git a/core/vdbe/execute.rs b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
index 84b9d7562..c42ebf5af 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/execute.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ pub fn op_column(
     else {
         unreachable!("unexpected Insn {:?}", insn)
     };
-    if let Some((index_cursor_id, table_cursor_id)) = state.deferred_seek.take() {
+    if let Some((index_cursor_id, table_cursor_id)) = state.deferred_seeks[*cursor_id].take() {
         let deferred_seek = {
             let rowid = {
                 let mut index_cursor = state.get_cursor(index_cursor_id);
@@ -1384,7 +1384,7 @@ pub fn op_column(
             }
         };
         if let Some(deferred_seek) = deferred_seek {
-            state.deferred_seek = Some(deferred_seek);
+            state.deferred_seeks[*cursor_id] = Some(deferred_seek);
             return Ok(InsnFunctionStepResult::IO);
         }
     }
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@ pub fn op_row_id(
     let Insn::RowId { cursor_id, dest } = insn else {
         unreachable!("unexpected Insn {:?}", insn)
     };
-    if let Some((index_cursor_id, table_cursor_id)) = state.deferred_seek.take() {
+    if let Some((index_cursor_id, table_cursor_id)) = state.deferred_seeks[*cursor_id].take() {
         let deferred_seek = {
             let rowid = {
                 let mut index_cursor = state.get_cursor(index_cursor_id);
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ pub fn op_row_id(
             }
         };
         if let Some(deferred_seek) = deferred_seek {
-            state.deferred_seek = Some(deferred_seek);
+            state.deferred_seeks[*cursor_id] = Some(deferred_seek);
             return Ok(InsnFunctionStepResult::IO);
         }
     }
@@ -2058,7 +2058,7 @@ pub fn op_deferred_seek(
     else {
         unreachable!("unexpected Insn {:?}", insn)
     };
-    state.deferred_seek = Some((*index_cursor_id, *table_cursor_id));
+    state.deferred_seeks[*table_cursor_id] = Some((*index_cursor_id, *table_cursor_id));
     state.pc += 1;
     Ok(InsnFunctionStepResult::Step)
 }
diff --git a/core/vdbe/mod.rs b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
index d62413c58..408a5bca3 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/mod.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/mod.rs
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub struct ProgramState {
     registers: Vec<Register>,
     pub(crate) result_row: Option<Row>,
     last_compare: Option<std::cmp::Ordering>,
-    deferred_seek: Option<(CursorID, CursorID)>,
+    deferred_seeks: Vec<Option<(CursorID, CursorID)>>,
     ended_coroutine: Bitfield<4>, // flag to indicate that a coroutine has ended (key is the yield register. currently we assume that the yield register is always between 0-255, YOLO)
     /// Indicate whether an [Insn::Once] instruction at a given program counter position has already been executed, well, once.
     once: SmallVec<u32, 4>,
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ impl ProgramState {
             registers,
             result_row: None,
             last_compare: None,
-            deferred_seek: None,
+            deferred_seeks: vec![None; max_cursors],
             ended_coroutine: Bitfield::new(),
             once: SmallVec::<u32, 4>::new(),
             regex_cache: RegexCache::new(),
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ impl ProgramState {
             .iter_mut()
             .for_each(|r| *r = Register::Value(Value::Null));
         self.last_compare = None;
-        self.deferred_seek = None;
+        self.deferred_seeks.iter_mut().for_each(|s| *s = None);
         self.ended_coroutine.0 = [0; 4];
         self.regex_cache.like.clear();
         self.interrupted = false;