diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/493-k8s_log-fix-module-when-pod-does-exist.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/493-k8s_log-fix-module-when-pod-does-exist.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cca11843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/493-k8s_log-fix-module-when-pod-does-exist.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - k8s_log - Fix module traceback when no resource found (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/issues/479).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/k8s_log.py b/plugins/modules/k8s_log.py
index fd0c8eea..41f4d49f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/k8s_log.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/k8s_log.py
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ from ansible_collections.kubernetes.core.plugins.module_utils.k8s.service import
     K8sService,
 )
 
+try:
+    from kubernetes.client.exceptions import ApiException
+except ImportError:
+    # ImportError are managed by the common module already.
+    pass
+
 
 def argspec():
     args = copy.deepcopy(AUTH_ARG_SPEC)
@@ -217,9 +223,17 @@ def execute_module(svc, params):
             {"tailLines": params["tail_lines"]}
         )
 
-    response = resource.log.get(
-        name=name, namespace=namespace, serialize=False, **kwargs
-    )
+    try:
+        response = resource.log.get(
+            name=name, namespace=namespace, serialize=False, **kwargs
+        )
+    except ApiException as exc:
+        if exc.reason == "Not Found":
+            raise CoreException("Pod {0}/{1} not found.".format(namespace, name))
+        raise CoreException(
+            "Unable to retrieve log from Pod due to: {0}".format(exc.reason)
+        )
+
     log = response.data.decode("utf8")
 
     return {"changed": False, "log": log, "log_lines": log.split("\n")}
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_log/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_log/tasks/main.yml
index 336e6e1c..d4769e09 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/k8s_log/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/k8s_log/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 ---
 - block:
+    - name: Retrieve log from unexisting Pod
+      k8s_log:
+        namespace: "{{ test_namespace }}"
+        name: "this_pod_does_exist"
+      ignore_errors: true
+      register: fake_pod
+
+    - name: Assert that task failed with proper message
+      assert:
+        that:
+          - fake_pod is failed
+          - 'fake_pod.msg == "Pod {{ test_namespace }}/this_pod_does_exist not found."'
+
     - name: create hello-world deployment
       k8s:
         wait: yes