diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
index 376f90e890..29a6427528 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ bool GeomCurve::closestParameter(const Base::Vector3d& point, double &u) const
         }
     }
     catch (StdFail_NotDone& e) {
-
-        if (c->IsKind(STANDARD_TYPE(Geom_TrimmedCurve))){
+        if (c->IsKind(STANDARD_TYPE(Geom_BoundedCurve))){
             Base::Vector3d firstpoint = this->pointAtParameter(c->FirstParameter());
             Base::Vector3d lastpoint = this->pointAtParameter(c->LastParameter());
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometryCurvePyImp.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometryCurvePyImp.cpp
index 4ba3f38a10..4745268038 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometryCurvePyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/GeometryCurvePyImp.cpp
@@ -483,13 +483,13 @@ PyObject* GeometryCurvePy::parameter(PyObject *args)
         if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &(Base::VectorPy::Type), &p))
             return 0;
         Base::Vector3d v = Py::Vector(p, false).toVector();
-        
+
         double u;
-        
-        if(static_cast<Part::GeomCurve *>(getGeometryPtr())->closestParameter(v,u))
+
+        if (static_cast<Part::GeomCurve *>(getGeometryPtr())->closestParameter(v,u))
             return Py::new_reference_to(Py::Float(u));
     }
-    catch (Base::RuntimeError& e) {
+    catch (Base::CADKernelError& e) {
         PyErr_SetString(PartExceptionOCCError, e.what());
         return 0;
     }