diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/graph/content/MSBatchRequestStep.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/graph/content/MSBatchRequestStep.java
index ac13bb0ab..9e4265a41 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/graph/content/MSBatchRequestStep.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/graph/content/MSBatchRequestStep.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public MSBatchRequestStep(String requestId, Request request, List<String> arrayO
 		if(requestId.length() == 0)
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Request Id cannot be empty.");
 		if(request == null)
-			new IllegalArgumentException("Request cannot be null.");
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Request cannot be null.");
 				
 		this.requestId = requestId;
 		this.request = request;