diff --git a/pipelines/basic/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/basic/PipeconfLoader.java b/pipelines/basic/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/basic/PipeconfLoader.java
index 1a5d4d2..8b5bf60 100644
--- a/pipelines/basic/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/basic/PipeconfLoader.java
+++ b/pipelines/basic/src/main/java/org/onosproject/pipelines/basic/PipeconfLoader.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         try {
             return P4InfoParser.parse(p4InfoUrl);
         } catch (P4InfoParserException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
     }
 }