diff --git a/src/database.rs b/src/database.rs
index c77471e..ae8b48f 100644
--- a/src/database.rs
+++ b/src/database.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,9 @@ impl<'l> Database<'l> {
     }
 
     /// Create a prepared statement.
+    #[inline]
     pub fn statement(&mut self, sql: &str) -> Result<Statement<'l>> {
-        let mut raw = 0 as *mut _;
-        unsafe {
-            success!(self, raw::sqlite3_prepare(self.raw, str_to_c_str!(sql), -1, &mut raw,
-                                                0 as *mut _));
-        }
-        Ok(::statement::from_raw(raw))
+        ::statement::new(self, sql)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/statement.rs b/src/statement.rs
index ee30a86..65f8fb6 100644
--- a/src/statement.rs
+++ b/src/statement.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use libc::{c_double, c_int};
 use raw;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
-use {Result, ResultCode};
+use {Database, Result, ResultCode};
 
 /// A prepared statement.
 pub struct Statement<'l> {
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ impl Value for String {
 }
 
 #[inline]
-pub fn from_raw<'l>(raw: *mut raw::sqlite3_stmt) -> Statement<'l> {
-    Statement { raw: raw, _phantom: PhantomData }
+pub fn new<'l>(database: &mut Database<'l>, sql: &str) -> Result<Statement<'l>> {
+    let mut raw = 0 as *mut _;
+    unsafe {
+        success!(database, raw::sqlite3_prepare(::database::as_raw(database), str_to_c_str!(sql),
+                                                -1, &mut raw, 0 as *mut _));
+    }
+    Ok(Statement { raw: raw, _phantom: PhantomData })
 }