diff --git a/src/rpc/mining.cpp b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
index 76170c32018dda..389aab089b5aa9 100644
--- a/src/rpc/mining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/mining.cpp
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ using node::UpdateTime;
  * If 'height' is nonnegative, compute the estimate at the time when a given block was found.
  */
 static UniValue GetNetworkHashPS(int lookup, int height, const CChain& active_chain) {
+    if (height > active_chain.Height()) {
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_PARAMETER, "Block does not exist at specified height");
+    }
+
     const CBlockIndex* pb = active_chain.Tip();
 
-    if (height >= 0 && height < active_chain.Height()) {
+    if (height >= 0) {
         pb = active_chain[height];
     }
 
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
index 18a0a0c6ccedc7..265389622eea14 100755
--- a/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_blockchain.py
@@ -448,6 +448,11 @@ def _test_getnetworkhashps(self):
             """).strip(),
             lambda: self.nodes[0].getnetworkhashps("a", []),
         )
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(
+            -8,
+            "Block does not exist at specified height",
+            lambda: self.nodes[0].getnetworkhashps(100, self.nodes[0].getblockcount() + 1),
+        )
         # This should be 2 hashes every 10 minutes or 1/300
         assert abs(hashes_per_second * 300 - 1) < 0.0001