diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29fc64351ea..d7700633186 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ### Bug fixes
 
 * [#8083](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8083): Fix an error for `Lint/MixedRegexpCaptureTypes` cop when using a regular expression that cannot be processed by regexp_parser gem. ([@koic][])
+* [#8081](https://github.com/rubocop-hq/rubocop/issues/8081): Fix an error for `Lint/SuppressedException` when empty rescue block in `do` block. ([@koic][])
 
 ## 0.85.0 (2020-06-01)
 
diff --git a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception.rb b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception.rb
index 1270115a428..3cea4b9f36b 100644
--- a/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception.rb
+++ b/lib/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def on_resbody(node)
 
         def comment_between_rescue_and_end?(node)
           end_line = nil
-          node.each_ancestor(:kwbegin, :def) do |ancestor|
+          node.each_ancestor(:kwbegin, :def, :block) do |ancestor|
             end_line = ancestor.loc.end.line
             break
           end
diff --git a/spec/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception_spec.rb b/spec/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception_spec.rb
index 151bf8453d5..d0ac886257d 100644
--- a/spec/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rubocop/cop/lint/suppressed_exception_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,30 @@ def foo
         RUBY
       end
     end
+
+    context 'Ruby 2.5 or higher', :ruby25 do
+      context 'when empty rescue for `do` block' do
+        it 'registers an offense for empty rescue without comment' do
+          expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+            foo do
+              do_something
+            rescue
+            ^^^^^^ Do not suppress exceptions.
+            end
+          RUBY
+        end
+
+        it 'registers an offense for empty rescue with comment' do
+          expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+            foo do
+            rescue
+            ^^^^^^ Do not suppress exceptions.
+              # do nothing
+            end
+          RUBY
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context 'with AllowComments set to true' do
@@ -86,6 +110,29 @@ def foo
       end
     end
 
+    context 'Ruby 2.5 or higher', :ruby25 do
+      context 'when empty rescue for `do` block' do
+        it 'registers an offense for empty rescue without comment' do
+          expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
+            foo do
+              do_something
+            rescue
+            ^^^^^^ Do not suppress exceptions.
+            end
+          RUBY
+        end
+
+        it 'does not register an offense for empty rescue with comment' do
+          expect_no_offenses(<<~RUBY)
+            foo do
+            rescue
+              # do nothing
+            end
+          RUBY
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     it 'registers an offense for empty rescue on single line with a comment after it' do
       expect_offense(<<~RUBY)
         RSpec.describe Dummy do