diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
index f2195774ac..096332bf84 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Geometry.cpp
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ bool GeomCurve::intersect(  GeomCurve * c,
             return false;
     }
     catch (Standard_Failure& e) {
-        return false;
+        throw Base::RuntimeError(e.GetMessageString());
     }
     
 }
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ bool GeomTrimmedCurve::intersectBasisCurves(  const GeomTrimmedCurve * c,
         return false;
     }
     catch (Standard_Failure& e) {
-        return false;
+        throw Base::RuntimeError(e.GetMessageString());
     }    
 }