diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
index 6c3c3e8511..ba109d1454 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/admin_list.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from django.contrib.admin.views.main import (ALL_VAR, EMPTY_CHANGELIST_VALUE,
     ORDER_VAR, PAGE_VAR, SEARCH_VAR)
 from django.contrib.admin.templatetags.admin_static import static
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
+from django.core.urlresolvers import NoReverseMatch
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import formats
 from django.utils.html import escapejs, format_html
@@ -216,25 +217,36 @@ def items_for_result(cl, result, form):
         row_class = mark_safe(' class="%s"' % ' '.join(row_classes))
         # If list_display_links not defined, add the link tag to the first field
         if (first and not cl.list_display_links) or field_name in cl.list_display_links:
-            table_tag = {True:'th', False:'td'}[first]
+            table_tag = 'th' if first else 'td'
             first = False
-            url = cl.url_for_result(result)
-            url = add_preserved_filters({'preserved_filters': cl.preserved_filters, 'opts': cl.opts}, url)
-            # Convert the pk to something that can be used in Javascript.
-            # Problem cases are long ints (23L) and non-ASCII strings.
-            if cl.to_field:
-                attr = str(cl.to_field)
+
+            # Display link to the result's change_view if the url exists, else
+            # display just the result's representation.
+            try:
+                url = cl.url_for_result(result)
+            except NoReverseMatch:
+                link_or_text = result_repr
             else:
-                attr = pk
-            value = result.serializable_value(attr)
-            result_id = escapejs(value)
-            yield format_html('<{0}{1}><a href="{2}"{3}>{4}</a></{5}>',
+                url = add_preserved_filters({'preserved_filters': cl.preserved_filters, 'opts': cl.opts}, url)
+                # Convert the pk to something that can be used in Javascript.
+                # Problem cases are long ints (23L) and non-ASCII strings.
+                if cl.to_field:
+                    attr = str(cl.to_field)
+                else:
+                    attr = pk
+                value = result.serializable_value(attr)
+                result_id = escapejs(value)
+                link_or_text = format_html(
+                    '<a href="{0}"{1}>{2}</a>',
+                    url,
+                    format_html(' onclick="opener.dismissRelatedLookupPopup(window, &#39;{0}&#39;); return false;"', result_id)
+                        if cl.is_popup else '',
+                    result_repr)
+
+            yield format_html('<{0}{1}>{2}</{3}>',
                               table_tag,
                               row_class,
-                              url,
-                              format_html(' onclick="opener.dismissRelatedLookupPopup(window, &#39;{0}&#39;); return false;"', result_id)
-                                if cl.is_popup else '',
-                              result_repr,
+                              link_or_text,
                               table_tag)
         else:
             # By default the fields come from ModelAdmin.list_editable, but if we pull
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 8f83324a37..66a5735b6c 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -630,6 +630,19 @@ class AdminViewBasicTest(AdminViewBasicTestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
             self.client.get('/test_admin/%s/admin_views/simple/' % self.urlbit)
 
+    def test_changelist_with_no_change_url(self):
+        """
+        ModelAdmin.changelist_view shouldn't result in a NoReverseMatch if url
+        for change_view is removed from get_urls
+
+        Regression test for #20934
+        """
+        UnchangeableObject.objects.create()
+        response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/unchangeableobject/')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        # Check the format of the shown object -- shouldn't contain a change link
+        self.assertContains(response, '<th class="field-__str__">UnchangeableObject object</th>', html=True)
+
 
 @override_settings(PASSWORD_HASHERS=('django.contrib.auth.hashers.SHA1PasswordHasher',))
 class AdminViewFormUrlTest(TestCase):