diff --git a/application/MantisBT/Exception/Column/ColumnInvalid.php b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Column/ColumnInvalid.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9017637533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/MantisBT/Exception/Column/ColumnInvalid.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+namespace MantisBT\Exception\Column;
+use MantisBT\Exception\ExceptionAbstract;
+
+require_api('lang_api.php');
+
+class ColumnInvalid extends ExceptionAbstract {
+	public function __construct($columnSetName, $invalidColumnName) {
+		$errorMessage = lang_get(ERROR_COLUMNS_INVALID, null, false);
+		$errorMessage = sprintf($errorMessage, $columnSetName, $invalidColumnName);
+		parent::__construct(ERROR_COLUMNS_INVALID, $errorMessage, null);
+		$this->responseCode = 400;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/application/core/columns_api.php b/application/core/columns_api.php
index a54e64b8b0..445f8cc9ae 100644
--- a/application/core/columns_api.php
+++ b/application/core/columns_api.php
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
  * @uses string_api.php
  */
 
+use MantisBT\Exception\Column\ColumnInvalid;
+
 require_api( 'access_api.php' );
 require_api( 'bug_api.php' );
 require_api( 'category_api.php' );
@@ -372,9 +374,7 @@ function columns_ensure_valid( $p_field_name, $p_columns_to_validate, $p_columns
 	# Check for invalid fields
 	foreach( $p_columns_to_validate as $t_column ) {
 		if( !in_array( utf8_strtolower( $t_column ), $t_columns_all_lower ) ) {
-			error_parameters( $p_field_name, $t_column );
-			trigger_error( ERROR_COLUMNS_INVALID, ERROR );
-			return false;
+			throw new ColumnInvalid( $p_field_name, $t_column );
 		}
 	}