diff --git a/app/helpers/hyrax/hyrax_helper_behavior.rb b/app/helpers/hyrax/hyrax_helper_behavior.rb
index b7d75bc479..bd1d6030df 100644
--- a/app/helpers/hyrax/hyrax_helper_behavior.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/hyrax/hyrax_helper_behavior.rb
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ def collection_title_by_id(id)
       solr_field = solr_docs.first["title_tesim"]
       return nil if solr_field.nil?
       solr_field.first
+    rescue Blacklight::Exceptions::RecordNotFound
+      nil
     end
 
     ##
diff --git a/spec/helpers/hyrax_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/hyrax_helper_spec.rb
index 7da72981ab..377693469a 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/hyrax_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/hyrax_helper_spec.rb
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ def new_state
       allow(repository).to receive(:find).with("abcd12345").and_return(solr_response)
       allow(repository).to receive(:find).with("efgh67890").and_return(bad_solr_response)
       allow(repository).to receive(:find).with("bad-id").and_return(empty_solr_response)
+      allow(repository).to receive(:find).with("error-id").and_raise(Blacklight::Exceptions::RecordNotFound)
     end
 
     it "returns the first title of the collection" do
@@ -388,6 +389,10 @@ def new_state
     it "returns nil if collection not found" do
       expect(helper.collection_title_by_id("bad-id")).to eq nil
     end
+
+    it "returns nil if RecordNotFound is raised" do
+      expect(helper.collection_title_by_id("error-id")).to eq nil
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#thumbnail_label_for" do