1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9e1c41ada7..6c39e10570 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1079,6 +1079,8 @@ bool GetTransaction(const uint256 &hash, CTransaction &txOut, uint256 &hashBlock
             CDiskTxPos postx;
             if (pblocktree->ReadTxIndex(hash, postx)) {
                 CAutoFile file(OpenBlockFile(postx, true), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
+                if (file.IsNull())
+                    return error("%s: OpenBlockFile failed", __func__);
                 CBlockHeader header;
                 try {
                     file >> header;