diff --git a/src/box/lua/lua_sql.c b/src/box/lua/lua_sql.c
index f9e63aae6bfeec0c0b092c9bbf6b5f0554f9d86f..5c77b80367cbfd330d9fa862b545aca5ea292ee4 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/lua_sql.c
+++ b/src/box/lua/lua_sql.c
@@ -188,9 +188,11 @@ lbox_sql_create_function(struct lua_State *L)
 	if (func_info == NULL)
 		return luaL_error(L, "out of memory");
 	func_info->func_ref = luaL_ref(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
-	sqlite3_create_function_v2(db, normalized_name, type, func_arg_num,
-				   is_deterministic ? SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC : 0,
-				   func_info, lua_sql_call, NULL, NULL,
-				   lua_sql_destroy);
+	int rc = sqlite3_create_function_v2(db, normalized_name, type, func_arg_num,
+					   is_deterministic ? SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC : 0,
+					   func_info, lua_sql_call, NULL, NULL,
+					   lua_sql_destroy);
+	if (rc != 0)
+		return luaL_error(L, sqlite3ErrStr(rc));
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/sql/func-recreate.result b/test/sql/func-recreate.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..22e169bdf88cbf1e07ed9795d38198a824ab4015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql/func-recreate.result
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+test_run = require('test_run').new()
+---
+...
+engine = test_run:get_cfg('engine')
+---
+...
+box.sql.execute('pragma sql_default_engine=\''..engine..'\'')
+---
+...
+-- Check errors during function create process
+fiber = require('fiber')
+---
+...
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) fiber.sleep(n) return n end)
+---
+...
+ch = fiber.channel(1)
+---
+...
+_ = fiber.create(function () ch:put(box.sql.execute('select WAITFOR(0.2)')) end)
+---
+...
+fiber.sleep(0.1)
+---
+...
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) require('fiber').sleep(n) return n end)
+---
+- error: database is locked
+...
+ch:get()
+---
+- - [0.2]
+...
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) require('fiber').sleep(n) return n end)
+---
+...
diff --git a/test/sql/func-recreate.test.lua b/test/sql/func-recreate.test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b4e1fbe6208dec26baf942df3d9bb8ebff79c262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql/func-recreate.test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+test_run = require('test_run').new()
+engine = test_run:get_cfg('engine')
+box.sql.execute('pragma sql_default_engine=\''..engine..'\'')
+
+-- Check errors during function create process
+fiber = require('fiber')
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) fiber.sleep(n) return n end)
+
+ch = fiber.channel(1)
+
+_ = fiber.create(function () ch:put(box.sql.execute('select WAITFOR(0.2)')) end)
+fiber.sleep(0.1)
+
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) require('fiber').sleep(n) return n end)
+ch:get()
+box.internal.sql_create_function('WAITFOR', 'INT', function (n) require('fiber').sleep(n) return n end)
+