diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 09adb916c0a..887c7fb68ae 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-10-24  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+	* python/py-progspace.c (pspy_block_for_pc): Return None for all
+	error paths.
+
 2019-10-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* arc-tdep.c: Remove ".." from include.
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-progspace.c b/gdb/python/py-progspace.c
index 4483d036ace..bdb70723e56 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-progspace.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-progspace.c
@@ -397,11 +397,7 @@ pspy_block_for_pc (PyObject *o, PyObject *args)
     }
 
   if (cust == NULL || COMPUNIT_OBJFILE (cust) == NULL)
-    {
-      PyErr_SetString (PyExc_RuntimeError,
-		       _("Cannot locate object file for block."));
-      return NULL;
-    }
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
 
   if (block)
     return block_to_block_object (block, COMPUNIT_OBJFILE (cust));
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 0d1fed93e69..12ef1fe4954 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-10-24  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
+	* gdb.python/py-progspace.exp: Add tests for the
+	Progspace.block_for_pc method.
+
 2019-10-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* configure: Rebuild.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-progspace.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-progspace.exp
index 53943824674..d1bcb81bb47 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-progspace.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-progspace.exp
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ if {![runto_main]} {
     return
 }
 
+# Check we can get a block for the current $pc.
+set pc_val [get_integer_valueof "\$pc" 0]
+gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python blk = gdb.current_progspace ().block_for_pc (${pc_val})" \
+    "get block for the current \$pc" 1
+gdb_test "python print blk.start <= ${pc_val}" "True" \
+    "block start is before \$pc"
+gdb_test "python print blk.end >= ${pc_val}" "True" \
+    "block end is after \$pc"
+
+# Check what happens when we ask for a block of an invalid address.
+if ![is_address_zero_readable] {
+    gdb_test "python print gdb.current_progspace ().block_for_pc (0)" "None"
+}
+
 # With a single inferior, progspace.objfiles () and gdb.objfiles () should
 # be identical.
 gdb_test "python print (progspace.objfiles () == gdb.objfiles ())" "True"