diff --git a/src/box/lua/space.cc b/src/box/lua/space.cc
index d0a7e7815fd6ec5304ff0fc8715e3b3110edaeb7..da363c48271b673b4920ba3c7fde2a4c53f8440e 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/space.cc
+++ b/src/box/lua/space.cc
@@ -576,14 +576,18 @@ lbox_space_frommap(struct lua_State *L)
 		}
 		lua_rawseti(L, -3, fieldno+1);
 	}
-	if (table)
-		return 1;
 
 	lua_replace(L, 1);
 	lua_settop(L, 1);
 	tuple = luaT_tuple_new(L, -1, space->format);
-	if (tuple == NULL)
-		return luaT_error(L);
+	if (tuple == NULL) {
+		struct error *e = diag_last_error(&fiber()->diag);
+		lua_pushnil(L);
+		lua_pushstring(L, e->errmsg);
+		return 2;
+	}
+	if (table)
+		return 1;
 	luaT_pushtuple(L, tuple);
 	return 1;
 usage_error:
diff --git a/test/box/tuple.result b/test/box/tuple.result
index 1082ae84e919445346f5852d47b77558326d6fd5..5321ca488c92b55cc6fbf607df2457cbce628341 100644
--- a/test/box/tuple.result
+++ b/test/box/tuple.result
@@ -1121,7 +1121,13 @@ s:frommap()
 ...
 s:frommap({})
 ---
-- error: Tuple field 1 required by space format is missing
+- null
+- Tuple field 1 required by space format is missing
+...
+s:frommap({ddd = 'fail', aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = 4}, {table=true})
+---
+- null
+- 'Tuple field 4 type does not match one required by operation: expected unsigned'
 ...
 s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = 4}, {table = true})
 ---
diff --git a/test/box/tuple.test.lua b/test/box/tuple.test.lua
index 8dd15a0a1072b032f472b07459ab500ff7cade7d..3a77c43ed5cbf8adf4c96c1ad10ac286c0be86e5 100644
--- a/test/box/tuple.test.lua
+++ b/test/box/tuple.test.lua
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, bbb = 3})
 s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, ccc = 3, eee = 4})
 s:frommap()
 s:frommap({})
+s:frommap({ddd = 'fail', aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = 4}, {table=true})
 s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = 4}, {table = true})
 s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = 4}, {table = false})
 s:frommap({ddd = 1, aaa = 2, ccc = 3, bbb = box.NULL})