diff --git a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/review/schema-registry.api.md b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/review/schema-registry.api.md
index 1e79bcebf0ca..92475fb15286 100644
--- a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/review/schema-registry.api.md
+++ b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/review/schema-registry.api.md
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export interface SchemaRegistry {
 export class SchemaRegistryClient implements SchemaRegistry {
     constructor(fullyQualifiedNamespace: string, credential: TokenCredential, options?: SchemaRegistryClientOptions);
     readonly fullyQualifiedNamespace: string;
-    getSchema(id: string, options?: GetSchemaOptions): Promise<Schema>;
-    getSchemaProperties(schema: SchemaDescription, options?: GetSchemaPropertiesOptions): Promise<SchemaProperties>;
+    getSchema(id: string, options?: GetSchemaOptions): Promise<Schema | undefined>;
+    getSchemaProperties(schema: SchemaDescription, options?: GetSchemaPropertiesOptions): Promise<SchemaProperties | undefined>;
     registerSchema(schema: SchemaDescription, options?: RegisterSchemaOptions): Promise<SchemaProperties>;
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/schemaRegistryClient.ts b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/schemaRegistryClient.ts
index 8093a11dee8d..439f0cf43405 100644
--- a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/schemaRegistryClient.ts
+++ b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/schemaRegistryClient.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 } from "./models";
 import { DEFAULT_SCOPE } from "./constants";
 import { logger } from "./logger";
-import { getRawResponse } from "./utils";
+import { getRawResponse, undefinedfyOn404 } from "./utils";
 
 /**
  * Client for Azure Schema Registry service.
@@ -95,16 +95,18 @@ export class SchemaRegistryClient implements SchemaRegistry {
   async getSchemaProperties(
     schema: SchemaDescription,
     options?: GetSchemaPropertiesOptions
-  ): Promise<SchemaProperties> {
-    return this.client.schema
-      .queryIdByContent(
-        schema.groupName,
-        schema.name,
-        schema.format,
-        schema.schemaDefinition,
-        options
-      )
-      .then(convertSchemaIdResponse);
+  ): Promise<SchemaProperties | undefined> {
+    return undefinedfyOn404(
+      this.client.schema
+        .queryIdByContent(
+          schema.groupName,
+          schema.name,
+          schema.format,
+          schema.schemaDefinition,
+          options
+        )
+        .then(convertSchemaIdResponse)
+    );
   }
 
   /**
@@ -113,11 +115,12 @@ export class SchemaRegistryClient implements SchemaRegistry {
    * @param id - Unique schema ID.
    * @returns Schema with given ID or undefined if no schema was found with the given ID.
    */
-  async getSchema(id: string, options?: GetSchemaOptions): Promise<Schema> {
-    const { flatResponse, rawResponse } = await getRawResponse(
-      (paramOptions) => this.client.schema.getById(id, paramOptions),
-      options || {}
+  async getSchema(id: string, options?: GetSchemaOptions): Promise<Schema | undefined> {
+    return undefinedfyOn404(
+      getRawResponse(
+        (paramOptions) => this.client.schema.getById(id, paramOptions),
+        options || {}
+      ).then(({ flatResponse, rawResponse }) => convertSchemaResponse(flatResponse, rawResponse))
     );
-    return convertSchemaResponse(flatResponse, rawResponse);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/utils.ts b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/utils.ts
index fd23656ccc7f..c99225cccf4e 100644
--- a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/utils.ts
+++ b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/src/utils.ts
@@ -23,3 +23,16 @@ export async function getRawResponse<TOptions extends OperationOptions, TResult>
   });
   return { flatResponse, rawResponse: rawResponse! };
 }
+
+// return undefined if the response has 404 code
+export async function undefinedfyOn404<T>(c: Promise<T>): Promise<T | undefined> {
+  try {
+    const r = await c;
+    return r;
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (typeof e === "object" && (e as { statusCode: number })?.statusCode === 404) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    throw e;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/test/public/schemaRegistry.spec.ts b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/test/public/schemaRegistry.spec.ts
index c35165ac44fd..5239939ce05f 100644
--- a/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/test/public/schemaRegistry.spec.ts
+++ b/sdk/schemaregistry/schema-registry/test/public/schemaRegistry.spec.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe("SchemaRegistryClient", function() {
   });
 
   it("fails to get schema ID when no matching schema exists", async () => {
-    await assert.isRejected(client.getSchemaProperties({ ...schema, name: "never-registered" }));
+    assert.isUndefined(await client.getSchemaProperties({ ...schema, name: "never-registered" }));
   });
 
   it("gets schema ID", async () => {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ describe("SchemaRegistryClient", function() {
   });
 
   it("fails to get schema when no schema exists with given ID", async () => {
-    await assert.isRejected(client.getSchema("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"));
+    assert.isUndefined(await client.getSchema("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff"));
   });
 
   it("gets schema by ID", async () => {