diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1333cd3ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.procedure;
+
+import org.hibernate.MappingException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public class UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException extends MappingException {
+	private final String unknownSqlResultSetMappingName;
+
+	public UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException(String unknownSqlResultSetMappingName) {
+		super( "The given SqlResultSetMapping name [" + unknownSqlResultSetMappingName + "] is unknown" );
+		this.unknownSqlResultSetMappingName = unknownSqlResultSetMappingName;
+	}
+
+	public String getUnknownSqlResultSetMappingName() {
+		return unknownSqlResultSetMappingName;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/internal/Util.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/internal/Util.java
index 822eddf167..eabb93fa98 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/internal/Util.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/procedure/internal/Util.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.CollectionHelper;
 import org.hibernate.loader.custom.sql.SQLQueryReturnProcessor;
 import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
+import org.hibernate.procedure.UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException;
 
 /**
  * Utilities used to implement procedure call support.
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public class Util {
 		for ( String resultSetMappingName : resultSetMappingNames ) {
 			final ResultSetMappingDefinition mapping = context.findResultSetMapping( resultSetMappingName );
 			if ( mapping == null ) {
-				throw new MappingException( "Unknown SqlResultSetMapping [" + resultSetMappingName + "]" );
+				throw new UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException( "Unknown SqlResultSetMapping [" + resultSetMappingName + "]" );
 			}
 
 			context.addQueryReturns( mapping.getQueryReturns() );
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
index e536dd2527..c9c1ca4acf 100755
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/main/java/org/hibernate/jpa/spi/AbstractEntityManagerImpl.java
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ import org.hibernate.jpa.internal.util.CacheModeHelper;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.internal.util.ConfigurationHelper;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.internal.util.LockModeTypeHelper;
 import org.hibernate.procedure.ProcedureCallMemento;
+import org.hibernate.procedure.UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException;
 import org.hibernate.proxy.HibernateProxy;
 import org.hibernate.engine.transaction.jta.platform.spi.JtaPlatform;
 import org.hibernate.transform.BasicTransformerAdapter;
@@ -944,10 +945,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractEntityManagerImpl implements HibernateEntityManage
 	public StoredProcedureQuery createStoredProcedureQuery(String procedureName, String... resultSetMappings) {
 		checkOpen();
 		try {
-			return new StoredProcedureQueryImpl(
-					internalGetSession().createStoredProcedureCall( procedureName, resultSetMappings ),
-					this
-			);
+			try {
+				return new StoredProcedureQueryImpl(
+						internalGetSession().createStoredProcedureCall( procedureName, resultSetMappings ),
+						this
+				);
+			}
+			catch (UnknownSqlResultSetMappingException unknownResultSetMapping) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException( unknownResultSetMapping.getMessage(), unknownResultSetMapping );
+			}
 		}
 		catch ( RuntimeException e ) {
 			throw convert( e );