diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
index bb11e7a..4d7f055 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBase.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityStorageInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TypedDataInterface;
 use Drupal\migrate\Entity\MigrationInterface;
+use Drupal\migrate\MigrateException;
 use Drupal\migrate\Plugin\MigrateIdMapInterface;
-use Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException;
 use Drupal\migrate\Row;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function import(Row $row, array $old_destination_id_values = array()) {
     $this->rollbackAction = MigrateIdMapInterface::ROLLBACK_DELETE;
     $entity = $this->getEntity($row, $old_destination_id_values);
     if (!$entity) {
-      throw new MigrateSkipRowException('Unable to load entity.');
+      throw new MigrateException('Unable to get entity');
     }
     return $this->save($entity, $old_destination_id_values);
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php
index 7ab03b6..e5e57f2 100644
--- a/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/migrate/destination/EntityContentBaseTest.php
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public function testImport() {
    * Test row skipping when we can't get an entity to save.
    *
    * @covers ::import
-   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateSkipRowException
-   * @expectedExceptionMessage Unable to load entity.
+   * @expectedException \Drupal\migrate\MigrateException
+   * @expectedExceptionMessage Unable to get entity
    */
   public function testImportEntityLoadFailure() {
     $bundles = [];