diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
index faabd99475477..2bcb8f8e9bce3 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/WriteBinaryFile.node.ts
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ export class WriteBinaryFile implements INodeType {
 		const fileName = this.getNodeParameter('fileName') as string;
 
 		if (item.binary === undefined) {
-			return item;
+			throw new Error('No binary data set. So file can not be written!');
 		}
 
 		if (item.binary[dataPropertyName] === undefined) {
-			return item;
+			throw new Error(`The binary property "${dataPropertyName}" does not exist. So no file can be written!`);
 		}
 
 		// Write the file to disk