diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1d802bdab00504c9626f99ae0199181ad1b83a07..46d3073068a87a17032d5106fc5adfef7b089205 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-08-27  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* varobj.c (varobj_create): Error if the specified frame was not found
+	and it is needed.
+
 2009-08-26  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
 	* i386-tdep.c (i386_process_record): Break out of prefix loop
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 6a8aba078d10f15edd89392800f40267ab06df2b..99c9c3db1832a22ea9c1b326519adb3cc022fa64 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-08-27  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp (create variable with invalid FRAME-ADDR): New.
+
 2009-08-26  Michael Snyder  <msnyder@vmware.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/i386-reverse.c: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
index 96d42a1743258ee42aeea157633072203fe606b1..dda77bb8aadeafae6c9ef8fdf122899f8e5e71c8 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.mi/mi2-var-cmd.exp
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ mi_gdb_test "-var-create int * int" \
 	"&\"Attempt to use a type name as an expression.\\\\n\".*\\^error,msg=\"mi_cmd_var_create: unable to create variable object\"" \
 	"create int"
 
+# The number 0 must be an invalid frame address and linteger a local variable.
+mi_gdb_test "-var-create invalidframe 0 linteger" \
+	"\\^error,msg=\"Failed to find the specified frame\"" \
+	"create variable with invalid FRAME-ADDR"
+
 
 #####             #####
 #                     #
diff --git a/gdb/varobj.c b/gdb/varobj.c
index fbe8ff8e76ce1ef4304c117cfbc3aa85276dac28..603071f8976bef9b6da3100368640a91788fa5bf 100644
--- a/gdb/varobj.c
+++ b/gdb/varobj.c
@@ -565,8 +565,15 @@ varobj_create (char *objname,
          we must select the appropriate frame before parsing
          the expression, otherwise the value will not be current.
          Since select_frame is so benign, just call it for all cases. */
-      if (innermost_block && fi != NULL)
+      if (innermost_block)
 	{
+	  /* User could specify explicit FRAME-ADDR which was not found but
+	     EXPRESSION is frame specific and we would not be able to evaluate
+	     it correctly next time.  With VALID_BLOCK set we must also set
+	     FRAME and THREAD_ID.  */
+	  if (fi == NULL)
+	    error (_("Failed to find the specified frame"));
+
 	  var->root->frame = get_frame_id (fi);
 	  var->root->thread_id = pid_to_thread_id (inferior_ptid);
 	  old_fi = get_selected_frame (NULL);