diff --git a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
index 59c72e539..29b7bc689 100644
--- a/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcblockchain.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ Value getblock(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
 
     CBlock block;
     CBlockIndex* pblockindex = mapBlockIndex[hash];
-    ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pblockindex);
+
+    if(!ReadBlockFromDisk(block, pblockindex))
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INTERNAL_ERROR, "Can't read block from disk");
 
     if (!fVerbose)
     {