diff --git a/components/com_content/View/Archive/HtmlView.php b/components/com_content/View/Archive/HtmlView.php
index 2fb43684585f1..30ad6db42ac82 100644
--- a/components/com_content/View/Archive/HtmlView.php
+++ b/components/com_content/View/Archive/HtmlView.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\Factory;
 use Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper;
 use Joomla\CMS\Language\Text;
+use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\GenericDataException;
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\View\HtmlView as BaseHtmlView;
 use Joomla\CMS\Plugin\PluginHelper;
 
@@ -99,7 +100,9 @@ class HtmlView extends BaseHtmlView
 	 *
 	 * @param   string  $tpl  The name of the template file to parse; automatically searches through the template paths.
 	 *
-	 * @return  mixed  A string if successful, otherwise an Error object.
+	 * @return  void
+	 *
+	 * @throws  GenericDataException
 	 */
 	public function display($tpl = null)
 	{
@@ -108,6 +111,11 @@ public function display($tpl = null)
 		$items      = $this->get('Items');
 		$pagination = $this->get('Pagination');
 
+		if ($errors = $this->getModel()->getErrors())
+		{
+			throw new GenericDataException(implode("\n", $errors), 500);
+		}
+
 		// Flag indicates to not add limitstart=0 to URL
 		$pagination->hideEmptyLimitstart = true;