diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
index 2b08fdae57d811114186cd17442826b7f324a938..5ca1923d896857c28070669250965d477b6195a7 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlite3_adapter.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def self.sqlite3_connection(config) # :nodoc:
         :results_as_hash => true
       )
 
-      db.busy_timeout(config[:timeout]) unless config[:timeout].nil?
+      db.busy_timeout(config[:timeout]) if config[:timeout]
 
       ConnectionAdapters::SQLite3Adapter.new(db, logger, config)
     end