diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index a084d63eb39..45782d9d4cc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -1652,8 +1652,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements UserVmManager, Vir
                 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());