diff --git a/api/src/org/labkey/api/query/AbstractQueryUpdateService.java b/api/src/org/labkey/api/query/AbstractQueryUpdateService.java
index 6aaa7f8e4bb..2f35e913f2f 100644
--- a/api/src/org/labkey/api/query/AbstractQueryUpdateService.java
+++ b/api/src/org/labkey/api/query/AbstractQueryUpdateService.java
@@ -889,6 +889,8 @@ public List<Map<String, Object>> updateRows(User user, Container container, List
         }
 
         // Fire triggers, if any, and also throw if there are any errors
+        if (errors.hasErrors())
+            throw errors;
         getQueryTable().fireBatchTrigger(container, user, TableInfo.TriggerType.UPDATE, false, errors, extraScriptContext);
         afterInsertUpdate(null==result?0:result.size(), errors, true);