diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CheckCategoryIsActive.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CheckCategoryIsActive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..16f816a967123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/Category/CheckCategoryIsActive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Category;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Api\Data\CategoryInterface;
+use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Exception\GraphQlNoSuchEntityException;
+use Magento\Framework\EntityManager\MetadataPool;
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Category\CollectionFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Check if category is active.
+ */
+class CheckCategoryIsActive
+{
+    /**
+     * @var CollectionFactory
+     */
+    private $collectionFactory;
+
+    /**
+     * @var MetadataPool
+     */
+    private $metadata;
+
+    /**
+     * @param CollectionFactory $collectionFactory
+     * @param MetadataPool $metadata
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        CollectionFactory $collectionFactory,
+        MetadataPool $metadata
+    ) {
+        $this->collectionFactory = $collectionFactory;
+        $this->metadata = $metadata;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if category is active.
+     *
+     * @param int $categoryId
+     * @throws GraphQlNoSuchEntityException
+     */
+    public function execute(int $categoryId): void
+    {
+        $collection = $this->collectionFactory->create();
+        $collection->addAttributeToFilter(CategoryInterface::KEY_IS_ACTIVE, ['eq' => 1])
+            ->getSelect()
+            ->where(
+                $collection->getSelect()
+                    ->getConnection()
+                    ->quoteIdentifier(
+                        'e.' .
+                        $this->metadata->getMetadata(CategoryInterface::class)->getIdentifierField()
+                    ) . ' = ?',
+                $categoryId
+            );
+
+        if ($collection->count() === 0) {
+            throw new GraphQlNoSuchEntityException(__('Category doesn\'t exist'));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CategoryTree.php b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CategoryTree.php
index 1783a5cd9a7e5..89d3805383e1a 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CategoryTree.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/CatalogGraphQl/Model/Resolver/CategoryTree.php
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 namespace Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver;
 
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category;
+use Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Category\CheckCategoryIsActive;
 use Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Products\DataProvider\ExtractDataFromCategoryTree;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Schema\Type\ResolveInfo;
 use Magento\Framework\GraphQl\Config\Element\Field;
@@ -34,16 +36,24 @@ class CategoryTree implements ResolverInterface
      */
     private $extractDataFromCategoryTree;
 
+    /**
+     * @var CheckCategoryIsActive
+     */
+    private $checkCategoryIsActive;
+
     /**
      * @param \Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Products\DataProvider\CategoryTree $categoryTree
      * @param ExtractDataFromCategoryTree $extractDataFromCategoryTree
+     * @param CheckCategoryIsActive $checkCategoryIsActive
      */
     public function __construct(
         \Magento\CatalogGraphQl\Model\Resolver\Products\DataProvider\CategoryTree $categoryTree,
-        ExtractDataFromCategoryTree $extractDataFromCategoryTree
+        ExtractDataFromCategoryTree $extractDataFromCategoryTree,
+        CheckCategoryIsActive $checkCategoryIsActive
     ) {
         $this->categoryTree = $categoryTree;
         $this->extractDataFromCategoryTree = $extractDataFromCategoryTree;
+        $this->checkCategoryIsActive = $checkCategoryIsActive;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -72,6 +82,9 @@ public function resolve(Field $field, $context, ResolveInfo $info, array $value
         }
 
         $rootCategoryId = $this->getCategoryId($args);
+        if ($rootCategoryId !== Category::TREE_ROOT_ID) {
+            $this->checkCategoryIsActive->execute($rootCategoryId);
+        }
         $categoriesTree = $this->categoryTree->getTree($info, $rootCategoryId);
 
         if (empty($categoriesTree) || ($categoriesTree->count() == 0)) {
diff --git a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
index 63073a389f278..df8e399ce6c61 100644
--- a/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/api-functional/testsuite/Magento/GraphQl/Catalog/CategoryTest.php
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ public function testGetCategoryById()
         self::assertEquals(13, $response['category']['id']);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @magentoApiDataFixture Magento/Catalog/_files/categories.php
+     * @expectedException \Exception
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Category doesn't exist
+     */
+    public function testGetDisabledCategory()
+    {
+        $categoryId = 8;
+        $query = <<<QUERY
+{
+  category(id: {$categoryId}) {
+      id
+      name
+  }
+}
+QUERY;
+        $this->graphQlQuery($query);
+    }
+
     public function testNonExistentCategoryWithProductCount()
     {
         $query = <<<QUERY