diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index fe8d8a45bcb6..9b87b3df3f0a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -1648,8 +1648,7 @@ public void doInTransactionWithoutResult(TransactionStatus status) {
                 return null;
             }
         } else {
-            s_logger.error("UpdateVmNicIpCmd is not supported in this network...");
-            return null;
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("UpdateVmNicIpCmd is not supported in L2 network");
         }
 
         s_logger.debug("Updating IPv4 address of NIC " + nicVO + " to " + ipaddr + "/" + nicVO.getIPv4Netmask() + " with gateway " + nicVO.getIPv4Gateway());