1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/endpoints/event/comm/bus/DmaapTopicSinkFactory.java b/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/endpoints/event/comm/bus/DmaapTopicSinkFactory.java
index dc207a84..09078720 100644
--- a/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/endpoints/event/comm/bus/DmaapTopicSinkFactory.java
+++ b/policy-endpoints/src/main/java/org/onap/policy/common/endpoints/event/comm/bus/DmaapTopicSinkFactory.java
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class IndexedDmaapTopicSinkFactory implements DmaapTopicSinkFactory {
             if (dmaapTopicWriters.containsKey(topic)) {
                 return dmaapTopicWriters.get(topic);
             } else {
-                throw new IllegalStateException("DmaapTopicSink for " + topic + " not found");
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("DmaapTopicSink for " + topic + " not found");
             }
         }
     }