diff --git a/transporthandler.cpp b/transporthandler.cpp
index 59096f9..7d33b01 100644
--- a/transporthandler.cpp
+++ b/transporthandler.cpp
@@ -1109,7 +1109,23 @@
             copyInto(ip, ipbytes);
             if (enabled)
             {
-                channelCall<reconfigureIfAddr6>(channel, set, ip, prefix);
+                try
+                {
+                    channelCall<reconfigureIfAddr6>(channel, set, ip, prefix);
+                }
+                catch (const sdbusplus::exception::exception& e)
+                {
+                    if (std::string_view err{
+                            "xyz.openbmc_project.Common.Error.InvalidArgument"};
+                        err == e.name())
+                    {
+                        return responseInvalidFieldRequest();
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        throw;
+                    }
+                }
             }
             else
             {