diff --git a/rlimit.go b/rlimit.go
index fe2da2a..4a10760 100644
--- a/rlimit.go
+++ b/rlimit.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 package sqlite // import "modernc.org/sqlite"
 
-func setMaxOpenFiles(n int) error {}
+func setMaxOpenFiles(n int) error { return nil }
diff --git a/rlimit_freebsd.go b/rlimit_freebsd.go
index b037808..c3d4ddb 100644
--- a/rlimit_freebsd.go
+++ b/rlimit_freebsd.go
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
-func setMaxOpenFiles(n int) error {
+func setMaxOpenFiles(n int64) error {
 	var rLimit unix.Rlimit
-	rLimit.Max = 1024
-	rLimit.Cur = 1024
+	rLimit.Max = n
+	rLimit.Cur = n
 	return unix.Setrlimit(unix.RLIMIT_NOFILE, &rLimit)
 }