diff --git a/src/tensor.cpp b/src/tensor.cpp
index dd53ad5f..0c0b0f1c 100644
--- a/src/tensor.cpp
+++ b/src/tensor.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static void tensor_capsule_destructor(PyObject *o) {
     error_scope scope; // temporarily save any existing errors
     managed_tensor *mt =
         (managed_tensor *) PyCapsule_GetPointer(o, "dltensor");
+
     if (mt)
         tensor_dec_ref((tensor_handle *) mt->manager_ctx);
     else
@@ -551,39 +552,48 @@ static void tensor_capsule_destructor(PyObject *o) {
 }
 
 PyObject *tensor_wrap(tensor_handle *th, int framework) noexcept {
+    if (!th)
+        return none().release().ptr();
+
     tensor_inc_ref(th);
-    object o = steal(PyCapsule_New(th->tensor, "dltensor", tensor_capsule_destructor)),
+    object o = steal(PyCapsule_New(th->tensor, "dltensor",
+                                   tensor_capsule_destructor)),
            package;
 
-    switch ((tensor_framework) framework) {
-        case tensor_framework::none:
-            break;
+    try {
+        switch ((tensor_framework) framework) {
+            case tensor_framework::none:
+                break;
 
-        case tensor_framework::numpy:
-            package = module_::import_("numpy");
-            o = handle(internals_get().nb_tensor)(o);
-            break;
+            case tensor_framework::numpy:
+                package = module_::import_("numpy");
+                o = handle(internals_get().nb_tensor)(o);
+                break;
 
-        case tensor_framework::pytorch:
-            package = module_::import_("torch.utils.dlpack");
-            break;
+            case tensor_framework::pytorch:
+                package = module_::import_("torch.utils.dlpack");
+                break;
 
 
-        case tensor_framework::tensorflow:
-            package = module_::import_("tensorflow.experimental.dlpack");
-            break;
+            case tensor_framework::tensorflow:
+                package = module_::import_("tensorflow.experimental.dlpack");
+                break;
 
-        case tensor_framework::jax:
-            package = module_::import_("jax.dlpack");
-            break;
+            case tensor_framework::jax:
+                package = module_::import_("jax.dlpack");
+                break;
 
 
-        default:
-            fail("nanobind::detail::tensor_wrap(): unknown framework "
-                 "specified!");
+            default:
+                fail("nanobind::detail::tensor_wrap(): unknown framework "
+                     "specified!");
+        }
+    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                     "Could not import tensor framework: %s", e.what());
+        return nullptr;
     }
 
-
     if (package.is_valid()) {
         try {
             o = package.attr("from_dlpack")(o);
diff --git a/tests/test_tensor.cpp b/tests/test_tensor.cpp
index 323f1da8..9bbf4314 100644
--- a/tests/test_tensor.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_tensor.cpp
@@ -136,5 +136,5 @@ NB_MODULE(test_tensor_ext, m) {
             });
 
             return nb::tensor<nb::numpy, float>(f, 0, shape, deleter);
-        });
+    });
 }