diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/XamlIlBindingPathHelper.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/XamlIlBindingPathHelper.cs
index f8b61992ba..a4fb79c859 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/XamlIlBindingPathHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.Loader/CompilerExtensions/XamlIlBindingPathHelper.cs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions
 
                         if (templatedParentType is null)
                         {
-                            throw new XamlParseException("A binding with a TemplatedParent RelativeSource has to be in a ControlTemplate.", lineInfo);
+                            throw new XamlTransformException("A binding with a TemplatedParent RelativeSource has to be in a ControlTemplate.", lineInfo);
                         }
 
                         nodes.Add(new TemplatedParentPathElementNode(templatedParentType.GetClrType()));