diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
index 2cd8fca47df..520b4d7a5be 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
@@ -786,7 +786,11 @@ public abstract class BlobStoreRepository extends AbstractLifecycleComponent imp
 
     @Override
     public IndexMetaData getSnapshotIndexMetaData(final SnapshotId snapshotId, final IndexId index) throws IOException {
-        return indexMetaDataFormat.read(indexContainer(index), snapshotId.getUUID());
+        try {
+            return indexMetaDataFormat.read(indexContainer(index), snapshotId.getUUID());
+        } catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
+            throw new SnapshotMissingException(metadata.name(), snapshotId, e);
+        }
     }
 
     private BlobPath indicesPath() {