diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/forms.py b/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
index 472d2c5c8ef..0fa30d70c78 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/forms.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class UserChangeForm(forms.ModelForm):
         # Regardless of what the user provides, return the initial value.
         # This is done here, rather than on the field, because the
         # field does not have access to the initial value
-        return self.initial["password"]
+        return self.initial.get('password')
 
 
 class AuthenticationForm(forms.Form):
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.1.2.txt b/docs/releases/2.1.2.txt
index c0bcaf6b566..23632ad782f 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.1.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.1.2.txt
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a regression where sliced queries with multiple columns with the same
   name crashed on Oracle 12.1 (:ticket:`29630`).
+
+* Fixed a crash when a user with the view (but not change) permission made a
+  POST request to an admin user change form (:ticket:`29809`).
diff --git a/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py b/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
index f29f5f0949b..d12830ddc8b 100644
--- a/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/auth_tests/test_views.py
@@ -1221,6 +1221,7 @@ class ChangelistTests(AuthViewsTestCase):
         u = User.objects.get(username='testclient')
         u.is_superuser = False
         u.save()
+        original_password = u.password
         u.user_permissions.add(get_perm(User, 'view_user'))
         response = self.client.get(reverse('auth_test_admin:auth_user_change', args=(u.pk,)),)
         algo, salt, hash_string = (u.password.split('$'))
@@ -1235,6 +1236,14 @@ class ChangelistTests(AuthViewsTestCase):
             ),
             html=True,
         )
+        # Value in POST data is ignored.
+        data = self.get_user_data(u)
+        data['password'] = 'shouldnotchange'
+        change_url = reverse('auth_test_admin:auth_user_change', args=(u.pk,))
+        response = self.client.post(change_url, data)
+        self.assertRedirects(response, reverse('auth_test_admin:auth_user_changelist'))
+        u.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(u.password, original_password)
 
 
 @override_settings(