diff --git a/src/rpcmining.cpp b/src/rpcmining.cpp
index 1a8462fdea..564f0401f1 100644
--- a/src/rpcmining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmining.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ void ShutdownRPCMining()
 // or from the last difficulty change if 'lookup' is nonpositive.
 // If 'height' is nonnegative, compute the estimate at the time when a given block was found.
 Value GetNetworkHashPS(int lookup, int height) {
-    CBlockIndex *pb = chainActive[height];
+    CBlockIndex *pb = chainActive.Tip();
+
+    if (height >= 0 && height < chainActive.Height())
+        pb = chainActive[height];
 
     if (pb == NULL || !pb->nHeight)
         return 0;