diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index d13aee555f..e6cc84d292 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -634,7 +634,8 @@ func (api *API) traceBlock(ctx context.Context, block *types.Block, config *Trac
 		}
 		res, err := api.traceTx(ctx, tx, msg, txctx, blockCtx, statedb, config)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			results[i] = &txTraceResult{TxHash: tx.Hash(), Error: err.Error()}
+			continue
 		}
 		results[i] = &txTraceResult{TxHash: tx.Hash(), Result: res}
 	}