diff --git a/lib/source-map-consumer.js b/lib/source-map-consumer.js
index 9b68e393..a6eea6de 100644
--- a/lib/source-map-consumer.js
+++ b/lib/source-map-consumer.js
@@ -522,12 +522,15 @@ class BasicSourceMapConsumer extends SourceMapConsumer {
 
   /**
    * Returns the original source content. The only argument is the url of the
-   * original source file. Returns null if no original source content is
-   * available.
+   * original source file.
    */
   sourceContentFor(aSource, nullOnMissing) {
     if (!this.sourcesContent) {
-      return null;
+      if (nullOnMissing) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      throw new Error('"' + aSource + '" is not in the SourceMap.');
     }
 
     const index = this._findSourceIndex(aSource);
@@ -822,8 +825,7 @@ class IndexedSourceMapConsumer extends SourceMapConsumer {
 
   /**
    * Returns the original source content. The only argument is the url of the
-   * original source file. Returns null if no original source content is
-   * available.
+   * original source file.
    */
   sourceContentFor(aSource, nullOnMissing) {
     for (let i = 0; i < this._sections.length; i++) {
diff --git a/lib/source-map-generator.js b/lib/source-map-generator.js
index 8111e061..6851701b 100644
--- a/lib/source-map-generator.js
+++ b/lib/source-map-generator.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class SourceMapGenerator {
         generator._sources.add(sourceRelative);
       }
 
-      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(sourceFile);
+      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(sourceFile, true);
       if (content != null) {
         generator.setSourceContent(sourceFile, content);
       }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ class SourceMapGenerator {
 
     // Copy sourcesContents of applied map.
     aSourceMapConsumer.sources.forEach(function(srcFile) {
-      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(srcFile);
+      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(srcFile, true);
       if (content != null) {
         if (aSourceMapPath != null) {
           srcFile = util.join(aSourceMapPath, srcFile);
diff --git a/lib/source-node.js b/lib/source-node.js
index 8a7a157e..8f92c0a1 100644
--- a/lib/source-node.js
+++ b/lib/source-node.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class SourceNode {
 
     // Copy sourcesContent into SourceNode
     aSourceMapConsumer.sources.forEach(function(sourceFile) {
-      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(sourceFile);
+      const content = aSourceMapConsumer.sourceContentFor(sourceFile, true);
       if (content != null) {
         if (aRelativePath != null) {
           sourceFile = util.join(aRelativePath, sourceFile);
diff --git a/test/test-source-map-consumer.js b/test/test-source-map-consumer.js
index 3d86b39e..3c964ae8 100644
--- a/test/test-source-map-consumer.js
+++ b/test/test-source-map-consumer.js
@@ -438,6 +438,22 @@ exports["test that we can set the context for `this` in eachMapping in indexed s
   map.destroy();
 };
 
+exports["test that sourceContentFor result if no sourcesContent provided"] = async function(assert) {
+  const map = await new SourceMapConsumer(util.testMap);
+  assert.equal(map.sourceContentFor("/the/root/one.js", true), null);
+  assert.equal(map.sourceContentFor("/the/root/three.js", true), null);
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    map.sourceContentFor("/the/root/one.js");
+  }, Error);
+
+  assert.throws(function() {
+    map.sourceContentFor("/the/root/three.js");
+  }, Error);
+
+  map.destroy();
+};
+
 exports["test that the `sourcesContent` field has the original sources"] = async function(assert) {
   const map = await new SourceMapConsumer(util.testMapWithSourcesContent);
   const sourcesContent = map.sourcesContent;