diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/AbstractCriterionTranslator.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/AbstractCriterionTranslator.java
index 4bbb123..36e9068 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/AbstractCriterionTranslator.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/AbstractCriterionTranslator.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
                 }
                 break;
             default:
-                throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
         }
         return value;
     }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                 mask = getMaskFromPrefixLength(prefixLength, value.size());
                 break;
             default:
-                throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
         }
 
         return Pair.of(value, mask);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
             case LPM:
                 break;
             default:
-                throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized init type " + initType.name());
         }
 
         return Pair.of(value, prefixLength);
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiFlowRuleTranslatorImpl.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiFlowRuleTranslatorImpl.java
index 430e5e1..3230f41 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiFlowRuleTranslatorImpl.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiFlowRuleTranslatorImpl.java
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
                     return fieldMatch;
                 default:
                     // Should never be here.
-                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                             "Unrecognized match type " + fieldModel.matchType().name());
             }
         } catch (ByteSequenceTrimException e) {
diff --git a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiUtils.java b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiUtils.java
index 78bca5f..6f8d33a 100644
--- a/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiUtils.java
+++ b/core/net/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/pi/impl/PiUtils.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@
                         .orElse(null)
                         .newInstance();
             } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(format("Unable to instantiate interpreter of pipeconf %s", pipeconf.id()));
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException(format("Unable to instantiate interpreter of pipeconf %s",
+                                                          pipeconf.id()));
             }
         }
     }