diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/src/memory/dialogStateManager.ts b/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/src/memory/dialogStateManager.ts
index 1b525867e4..6edd703d50 100644
--- a/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/src/memory/dialogStateManager.ts
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/src/memory/dialogStateManager.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ export class DialogStateManager {
         // Get memory scope to search over
         const scope = this.getMemoryScope(segments[0].toString());
         if (scope == undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`DialogStateManager.getValue: a scope of '${segments[0]}' wasn't found.`);
+            console.warn(`DialogStateManager.getValue: a scope of '${segments[0]}' wasn't found for '${pathExpression}'.`);
+            return returnDefault();
         }
 
         // Search over path
diff --git a/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/tests/memory/dialogStateManager.test.js b/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/tests/memory/dialogStateManager.test.js
index c6b5461d10..4027b21f0e 100644
--- a/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/tests/memory/dialogStateManager.test.js
+++ b/libraries/botbuilder-dialogs/tests/memory/dialogStateManager.test.js
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ describe('Dialog State Manager', function () {
     });
 
     it('raise an error if getValue() called with an invalid scope.', function () {
-        assert.throws(() => this.dc.state.getValue('foo.bar'));
+        assert.strictEqual(this.dc.state.getValue('foo.bar'), undefined);
     });
 
     it('raise an error if setValue() called with missing path.', function () {