diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 1205efcfdbd..f69203a8717 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
     }
     
     @Override
-    public AsyncJobResponse queryJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd) {
+    public AsyncJobResponse queryJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd) throws InvalidParameterValueException{
         AsyncJobResult result = ApiDBUtils._asyncMgr.queryAsyncJobResult(cmd);
         AsyncJobResponse response = new AsyncJobResponse();
         response.setId(result.getJobId());
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManager.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManager.java
index ae3a8740eae..3292e573480 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManager.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManager.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 package com.cloud.async;
 
 import com.cloud.api.commands.QueryAsyncJobResultCmd;
+import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
+import com.cloud.exception.PermissionDeniedException;
 import com.cloud.utils.component.Manager;
 
 public interface AsyncJobManager extends Manager {
@@ -43,5 +45,5 @@ public interface AsyncJobManager extends Manager {
      * @param cmd the command that specifies the job id
      * @return an async-call result object
      */
-    public AsyncJobResult queryAsyncJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd);
+    public AsyncJobResult queryAsyncJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd) throws InvalidParameterValueException, PermissionDeniedException;
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
index 48425c0b87a..a22ad00581d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/async/AsyncJobManagerImpl.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.response.ExceptionResponse;
 import com.cloud.async.dao.AsyncJobDao;
 import com.cloud.cluster.ClusterManager;
 import com.cloud.configuration.dao.ConfigurationDao;
+import com.cloud.exception.InvalidParameterValueException;
 import com.cloud.exception.PermissionDeniedException;
 import com.cloud.maid.StackMaid;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
@@ -260,7 +261,11 @@ public class AsyncJobManagerImpl implements AsyncJobManager {
     }
     
     @Override
-    public AsyncJobResult queryAsyncJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd) throws PermissionDeniedException {
+    public AsyncJobResult queryAsyncJobResult(QueryAsyncJobResultCmd cmd) throws InvalidParameterValueException, PermissionDeniedException {
+        AsyncJobVO job = _jobDao.findById(cmd.getId());
+        if (job == null) {
+            throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to find a job by id " + cmd.getId());
+        }
         return queryAsyncJobResult(cmd.getId());
     }