diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
index 899a681131f4..8f1bb3be7a5b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -1172,6 +1172,32 @@ public HFileBlock getCachedBlock(BlockCacheKey cacheKey, boolean cacheBlock, boo
           }
           return cachedBlock;
         }
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        if (cachedBlock != null) {
+          returnAndEvictBlock(cache, cacheKey, cachedBlock);
+        }
+        LOG.warn("Failed retrieving block from cache with key {}. "
+          + "\n Evicting this block from cache and will read it from file system. "
+          + "\n Exception details: ", cacheKey, e);
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+          LOG.debug("Further tracing details for failed block cache retrieval:"
+            + "\n Complete File path - {}," + "\n Expected Block Type - {}, Actual Block Type - {},"
+            + "\n Cache compressed - {}" + "\n Header size (after deserialized from cache) - {}"
+            + "\n Size with header - {}" + "\n Uncompressed size without header - {} "
+            + "\n Total byte buffer size - {}" + "\n Encoding code - {}", this.path,
+            expectedBlockType, (cachedBlock != null ? cachedBlock.getBlockType() : "N/A"),
+            (expectedBlockType != null
+              ? cacheConf.shouldCacheCompressed(expectedBlockType.getCategory())
+              : "N/A"),
+            (cachedBlock != null ? cachedBlock.headerSize() : "N/A"),
+            (cachedBlock != null ? cachedBlock.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader() : "N/A"),
+            (cachedBlock != null ? cachedBlock.getUncompressedSizeWithoutHeader() : "N/A"),
+            (cachedBlock != null ? cachedBlock.getBufferReadOnly().limit() : "N/A"),
+            (cachedBlock != null
+              ? cachedBlock.getBufferReadOnly().getShort(cachedBlock.headerSize())
+              : "N/A"));
+        }
+        return null;
       } finally {
         // Count bytes read as cached block is being returned
         if (isScanMetricsEnabled && cachedBlock != null) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
index c87897de8187..6c84312cf599 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/TestHFileReaderImpl.java
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.hfile;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyBoolean;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -116,6 +121,23 @@ public void testRecordBlockSize() throws IOException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testReadWorksWhenCacheCorrupt() throws Exception {
+    BlockCache mockedCache = mock(BlockCache.class);
+    when(mockedCache.getBlock(any(), anyBoolean(), anyBoolean(), anyBoolean(), any()))
+      .thenThrow(new RuntimeException("Injected error"));
+    Path p = makeNewFile();
+    FileSystem fs = TEST_UTIL.getTestFileSystem();
+    Configuration conf = TEST_UTIL.getConfiguration();
+    HFile.Reader reader = HFile.createReader(fs, p, new CacheConfig(conf, mockedCache), true, conf);
+    long offset = 0;
+    while (offset < reader.getTrailer().getLoadOnOpenDataOffset()) {
+      HFileBlock block = reader.readBlock(offset, -1, false, true, false, true, null, null, false);
+      assertNotNull(block);
+      offset += block.getOnDiskSizeWithHeader();
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testSeekBefore() throws Exception {
     Path p = makeNewFile();