diff --git a/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRLoader.cpp
index ed92c93bb..9ec0a9244 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRLoader.cpp
@@ -859,13 +859,13 @@ void IRRImporter::InternReadFile(const std::string &pFile, aiScene *pScene, IOSy
 
 	// Check whether we can read from the file
 	if (file.get() == nullptr) {
-		throw DeadlyImportError("Failed to open IRR file " + pFile);
+        throw DeadlyImportError("Failed to open IRR file ", pFile);
 	}
 
 	// Construct the irrXML parser
 	XmlParser st;
     if (!st.parse( file.get() )) {
-        return;
+        throw DeadlyImportError("XML parse error while loading IRR file ", pFile);
     }
     pugi::xml_node rootElement = st.getRootNode();
 
diff --git a/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRMeshLoader.cpp b/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRMeshLoader.cpp
index edcff6c83..9350e07b8 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRMeshLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/Irr/IRRMeshLoader.cpp
@@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ void IRRMeshImporter::InternReadFile(const std::string &pFile,
 
 	// Check whether we can read from the file
 	if (file.get() == NULL)
-		throw DeadlyImportError("Failed to open IRRMESH file " + pFile);
+        throw DeadlyImportError("Failed to open IRRMESH file ", pFile);
 
 	// Construct the irrXML parser
 	XmlParser parser;
     if (!parser.parse( file.get() )) {
-        return;
+        throw DeadlyImportError("XML parse error while loading IRRMESH file ", pFile);
     }
     XmlNode root = parser.getRootNode();