diff --git a/django/views/generic/base.py b/django/views/generic/base.py
index dc9137d3b7..f63c89ac52 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/base.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/base.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from django.http import (
     HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseRedirect,
 )
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
-from django.urls import NoReverseMatch, reverse
+from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import classonlymethod
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('django.request')
@@ -174,10 +174,7 @@ class RedirectView(View):
         if self.url:
             url = self.url % kwargs
         elif self.pattern_name:
-            try:
-                url = reverse(self.pattern_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
-            except NoReverseMatch:
-                return None
+            url = reverse(self.pattern_name, args=args, kwargs=kwargs)
         else:
             return None
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.0.txt b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
index cd222dbba0..1c26193456 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.txt
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ Miscellaneous
   instead of dotted Python path strings. Django favors callable references
   since they provide better performance and debugging experience.
 
+* :class:`~django.views.generic.base.RedirectView` no longer silences
+  ``NoReverseMatch`` if the ``pattern_name`` doesn't exist.
+
 .. _deprecated-features-2.0:
 
 Features deprecated in 2.0
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
index 88c376dddc..f8061ca09d 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_base.py
@@ -407,11 +407,6 @@ class RedirectViewTest(SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 302)
         self.assertEqual(response['Location'], '/detail/artist/1/')
 
-    def test_wrong_named_url_pattern(self):
-        "A wrong pattern name returns 410 GONE"
-        response = RedirectView.as_view(pattern_name='wrong.pattern_name')(self.rf.get('/foo/'))
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 410)
-
     def test_redirect_POST(self):
         "Default is a temporary redirect"
         response = RedirectView.as_view(url='/bar/')(self.rf.post('/foo/'))