diff --git a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
index dd9459040eb..61d86a1166e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_traceback.py
@@ -1001,6 +1001,10 @@ def test_lazy_lines(self):
             '"""Test cases for traceback module"""',
             f.line)
 
+    def test_no_line(self):
+        f = traceback.FrameSummary("f", None, "dummy")
+        self.assertEqual(f.line, None)
+
     def test_explicit_line(self):
         f = traceback.FrameSummary("f", 1, "dummy", line="line")
         self.assertEqual("line", f.line)
diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index 7a7cca1b677..463cb221fa2 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -301,9 +301,10 @@ def __len__(self):
     @property
     def line(self):
         if self._line is None:
-            self._line = linecache.getline(self.filename, self.lineno).strip()
-        return self._line
-
+            if self.lineno is None:
+                return None
+            self._line = linecache.getline(self.filename, self.lineno)
+        return self._line.strip()
 
 def walk_stack(f):
     """Walk a stack yielding the frame and line number for each frame.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-17-22-39-34.bpo-44446.qwdRic.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-17-22-39-34.bpo-44446.qwdRic.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d9758f42dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-06-17-22-39-34.bpo-44446.qwdRic.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Take into account that ``lineno`` might be ``None`` in :class:`traceback.FrameSummary`.