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-rw-r--r--synapse/rest/client/v1/profile.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/profile.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/profile.py
index b686cd671f..e7fcd2b1ff 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/profile.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/profile.py
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ class ProfileDisplaynameRestServlet(RestServlet):
         try:
             new_name = content["displayname"]
         except Exception:
-            return 400, "Unable to parse name"
+            raise SynapseError(
+                code=400, msg="Unable to parse name", errcode=Codes.BAD_JSON,
+            )
 
         await self.profile_handler.set_displayname(user, requester, new_name, is_admin)