diff --git a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
index b5cf265..3c57777 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Reset $stmt_id flag
+	 *
+	 * Used by stored_procedure() to prevent _execute() from
+	 * re-setting the statement ID.
+	 */
+	protected $_reset_stmt_id = TRUE;
+
+	/**
 	 * List of reserved identifiers
 	 *
 	 * Identifiers that must NOT be escaped.
@@ -265,26 +273,13 @@
 		/* Oracle must parse the query before it is run. All of the actions with
 		 * the query are based on the statement id returned by oci_parse().
 		 */
-		$this->stmt_id = FALSE;
-		$this->_set_stmt_id($sql);
-		oci_set_prefetch($this->stmt_id, 1000);
-		return oci_execute($this->stmt_id, $this->commit_mode);
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Generate a statement ID
-	 *
-	 * @param	string	$sql	an SQL query
-	 * @return	void
-	 */
-	protected function _set_stmt_id($sql)
-	{
-		if ( ! is_resource($this->stmt_id))
+		if ($this->_reset_stmt_id === TRUE)
 		{
 			$this->stmt_id = oci_parse($this->conn_id, $sql);
 		}
+
+		oci_set_prefetch($this->stmt_id, 1000);
+		return oci_execute($this->stmt_id, $this->commit_mode);
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -318,15 +313,15 @@
 	 * type		yes	the type of the parameter
 	 * length	yes	the max size of the parameter
 	 */
-	public function stored_procedure($package, $procedure, $params)
+	public function stored_procedure($package, $procedure, array $params)
 	{
-		if ($package === '' OR $procedure === '' OR ! is_array($params))
+		if ($package === '' OR $procedure === '')
 		{
 			log_message('error', 'Invalid query: '.$package.'.'.$procedure);
 			return ($this->db_debug) ? $this->display_error('db_invalid_query') : FALSE;
 		}
 
-		// build the query string
+		// Build the query string
 		$sql = 'BEGIN '.$package.'.'.$procedure.'(';
 
 		$have_cursor = FALSE;
@@ -341,10 +336,12 @@
 		}
 		$sql = trim($sql, ',').'); END;';
 
-		$this->stmt_id = FALSE;
-		$this->_set_stmt_id($sql);
+		$this->_reset_stmt_id = FALSE;
+		$this->stmt_id = oci_parse($this->conn_id, $sql);
 		$this->_bind_params($params);
-		return $this->query($sql, FALSE, $have_cursor);
+		$result = $this->query($sql, FALSE, $have_cursor);
+		$this->_reset_stmt_id = TRUE;
+		return $result;
 	}
 
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------