diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 23b752f22..bc31646bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Changelog
 
 0.26.0 (unreleased)
 -------------------
+Fixed
+^^^^^
+- Fix exception when creating aiosqlite connections on aiosqlite==0.22.0 (#2035)
 
 0.25
 ====
diff --git a/tortoise/backends/sqlite/client.py b/tortoise/backends/sqlite/client.py
index dc8ac09b5..175356057 100644
--- a/tortoise/backends/sqlite/client.py
+++ b/tortoise/backends/sqlite/client.py
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
 
     async def create_connection(self, with_db: bool) -> None:
         if not self._connection:  # pragma: no branch
-            self._connection = aiosqlite.connect(self.filename, isolation_level=None)
-            self._connection.start()
-            await self._connection._connect()
+            self._connection = await aiosqlite.connect(self.filename, isolation_level=None)
             self._connection._conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
             for pragma, val in self.pragmas.items():
                 cursor = await self._connection.execute(f"PRAGMA {pragma}={val}")