diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index 929f41cb0a..2886fcd0cb 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -613,9 +613,10 @@ 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()}
+		} else {
+			results[i] = &txTraceResult{TxHash: tx.Hash(), Result: res}
 		}
-		results[i] = &txTraceResult{TxHash: tx.Hash(), Result: res}
 	}
 	return results, nil
 }