diff --git a/libraries/chain/eosio_contract.cpp b/libraries/chain/eosio_contract.cpp
index b2f2e0b7cebe10203ce1ee350b61360ff24858a0..78db9f5f5b444e5c658372e227ca44e427d0c802 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/eosio_contract.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/eosio_contract.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ void apply_eosio_newaccount(apply_context& context) {
    }
 
    auto existing_account = db.find<account_object, by_name>(create.name);
-   EOS_ASSERT(existing_account == nullptr, action_validate_exception,
+   EOS_ASSERT(existing_account == nullptr, account_name_exists_exception,
               "Cannot create account named ${name}, as that name is already taken",
               ("name", create.name));
 
diff --git a/unittests/block_tests.cpp b/unittests/block_tests.cpp
index 22dfce99c29a2440e78851769d48144e6a4406c4..ebece74deca7b1b50b9da1c07958f975c65bbd93 100644
--- a/unittests/block_tests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/block_tests.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(block_with_invalid_tx_test)
    validator.control->abort_block();
    BOOST_REQUIRE_EXCEPTION(validator.control->push_block( copy_b ), fc::exception ,
    [] (const fc::exception &e)->bool {
-      return e.code() == action_validate_exception::code_value ;
+      return e.code() == account_name_exists_exception::code_value ;
    }) ;
   
 }