diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
index e947e4da7..8da0b24a2 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/GrpcStorageImpl.java
@@ -417,7 +417,13 @@ public Blob get(BlobId blob, BlobGetOption... options) {
     return Retrying.run(
         getOptions(),
         retryAlgorithmManager.getFor(req),
-        () -> storageClient.getObjectCallable().call(req, grpcCallContext),
+        () -> {
+          try {
+            return storageClient.getObjectCallable().call(req, grpcCallContext);
+          } catch (NotFoundException ignore) {
+            return null;
+          }
+        },
         syntaxDecoders.blob.andThen(opts.clearBlobFields()));
   }
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds.java
index 9a3265a09..63d4bbe17 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.google.api.services.storage.model.StorageObject;
 import com.google.cloud.WriteChannel;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo.BuilderImpl;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -73,4 +74,8 @@ public static <T> void ifNonNull(@Nullable T t, Consumer<T> c) {
   public static <T1, T2> void ifNonNull(@Nullable T1 t, Function<T1, T2> map, Consumer<T2> c) {
     Utils.ifNonNull(t, map, c);
   }
+
+  public static BlobInfo noAcl(BlobInfo bi) {
+    return bi.toBuilder().setOwner(null).setAcl(ImmutableList.of()).build();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITObjectTest.java b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITObjectTest.java
index 6825664f8..2b116c0a8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITObjectTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/it/ITObjectTest.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.storage.BucketFixture;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.BucketInfo;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.CopyWriter;
+import com.google.cloud.storage.PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BlobField;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage.BlobWriteOption;
@@ -488,6 +489,14 @@ public void testListBlobsEmptySelectedFields() throws InterruptedException {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void getBlobReturnNullOn404() {
+    String bucketName = bucketFixture.getBucketInfo().getName();
+    BlobId id = BlobId.of(bucketName, "__d_o_e_s__n_o_t__e_x_i_s_t__");
+    Blob blob = storage.get(id);
+    assertThat(blob).isNull();
+  }
+
   @Test(timeout = 7500)
   public void testListBlobRequesterPays() throws InterruptedException {
     unsetRequesterPays(storage, requesterPaysBucketFixture);
@@ -1435,17 +1444,14 @@ public void testAttemptDeletionObjectTemporaryHold() {
 
   @Test
   public void testBlobReload() throws Exception {
-    // GRPC Error Handling bug
-    // b/247621346
-    assumeTrue(clientName.startsWith("JSON"));
-
     String blobName = "test-blob-reload";
     BlobId blobId = BlobId.of(bucketFixture.getBucketInfo().getName(), blobName);
     BlobInfo blobInfo = BlobInfo.newBuilder(blobId).build();
     Blob blob = storage.create(blobInfo, new byte[] {0, 1, 2});
 
     Blob blobUnchanged = blob.reload();
-    assertEquals(blob, blobUnchanged);
+    // gRPC and json have differing defaults on projections b/258835631
+    assertThat(blobUnchanged).isAnyOf(blob, PackagePrivateMethodWorkarounds.noAcl(blob));
 
     blob.writer().close();
     try {
@@ -1453,7 +1459,6 @@ public void testBlobReload() throws Exception {
       fail("StorageException was expected");
     } catch (StorageException e) {
       assertEquals(412, e.getCode());
-      assertEquals("conditionNotMet", e.getReason());
     }
 
     Blob updated = blob.reload();