diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/base.py
index f23ec53cf8..aea52f5777 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/base.py
@@ -38,22 +38,7 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(SQLiteDatabaseWrapper):
 
     def _cursor(self):
         if self.connection is None:
-            ## The following is the same as in django.db.backends.sqlite3.base ##
-            settings_dict = self.settings_dict
-            if not settings_dict['NAME']:
-                raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please fill out the database NAME in the settings module before using the database.")
-            kwargs = {
-                'database': settings_dict['NAME'],
-                'detect_types': Database.PARSE_DECLTYPES | Database.PARSE_COLNAMES,
-            }
-            kwargs.update(settings_dict['OPTIONS'])
-            self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
-            # Register extract, date_trunc, and regexp functions.
-            self.connection.create_function("django_extract", 2, _sqlite_extract)
-            self.connection.create_function("django_date_trunc", 2, _sqlite_date_trunc)
-            self.connection.create_function("regexp", 2, _sqlite_regexp)
-            self.connection.create_function("django_format_dtdelta", 5, _sqlite_format_dtdelta)
-            connection_created.send(sender=self.__class__, connection=self)
+            self._sqlite_create_connection()
 
             ## From here on, customized for GeoDjango ##
 
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
index b5d38bb367..f5f0c644e9 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
@@ -230,39 +230,42 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
         self.introspection = DatabaseIntrospection(self)
         self.validation = BaseDatabaseValidation(self)
 
+    def _sqlite_create_connection(self):
+        settings_dict = self.settings_dict
+        if not settings_dict['NAME']:
+            from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please fill out the database NAME in the settings module before using the database.")
+        kwargs = {
+            'database': settings_dict['NAME'],
+            'detect_types': Database.PARSE_DECLTYPES | Database.PARSE_COLNAMES,
+        }
+        kwargs.update(settings_dict['OPTIONS'])
+        # Always allow the underlying SQLite connection to be shareable
+        # between multiple threads. The safe-guarding will be handled at a
+        # higher level by the `BaseDatabaseWrapper.allow_thread_sharing`
+        # property. This is necessary as the shareability is disabled by
+        # default in pysqlite and it cannot be changed once a connection is
+        # opened.
+        if 'check_same_thread' in kwargs and kwargs['check_same_thread']:
+            warnings.warn(
+                'The `check_same_thread` option was provided and set to '
+                'True. It will be overriden with False. Use the '
+                '`DatabaseWrapper.allow_thread_sharing` property instead '
+                'for controlling thread shareability.',
+                RuntimeWarning
+            )
+        kwargs.update({'check_same_thread': False})
+        self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
+        # Register extract, date_trunc, and regexp functions.
+        self.connection.create_function("django_extract", 2, _sqlite_extract)
+        self.connection.create_function("django_date_trunc", 2, _sqlite_date_trunc)
+        self.connection.create_function("regexp", 2, _sqlite_regexp)
+        self.connection.create_function("django_format_dtdelta", 5, _sqlite_format_dtdelta)
+        connection_created.send(sender=self.__class__, connection=self)
+
     def _cursor(self):
         if self.connection is None:
-            settings_dict = self.settings_dict
-            if not settings_dict['NAME']:
-                from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-                raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please fill out the database NAME in the settings module before using the database.")
-            kwargs = {
-                'database': settings_dict['NAME'],
-                'detect_types': Database.PARSE_DECLTYPES | Database.PARSE_COLNAMES,
-            }
-            kwargs.update(settings_dict['OPTIONS'])
-            # Always allow the underlying SQLite connection to be shareable
-            # between multiple threads. The safe-guarding will be handled at a
-            # higher level by the `BaseDatabaseWrapper.allow_thread_sharing`
-            # property. This is necessary as the shareability is disabled by
-            # default in pysqlite and it cannot be changed once a connection is
-            # opened.
-            if 'check_same_thread' in kwargs and kwargs['check_same_thread']:
-                warnings.warn(
-                    'The `check_same_thread` option was provided and set to '
-                    'True. It will be overriden with False. Use the '
-                    '`DatabaseWrapper.allow_thread_sharing` property instead '
-                    'for controlling thread shareability.',
-                    RuntimeWarning
-                )
-            kwargs.update({'check_same_thread': False})
-            self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
-            # Register extract, date_trunc, and regexp functions.
-            self.connection.create_function("django_extract", 2, _sqlite_extract)
-            self.connection.create_function("django_date_trunc", 2, _sqlite_date_trunc)
-            self.connection.create_function("regexp", 2, _sqlite_regexp)
-            self.connection.create_function("django_format_dtdelta", 5, _sqlite_format_dtdelta)
-            connection_created.send(sender=self.__class__, connection=self)
+            self._sqlite_create_connection()
         return self.connection.cursor(factory=SQLiteCursorWrapper)
 
     def check_constraints(self, table_names=None):