diff --git a/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_common.cc b/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_common.cc
index 05f74d6..62d87a5 100644
--- a/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_common.cc
+++ b/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_common.cc
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@
         if (!reg->VerifierInstanceOf(field_class.Ptr())) {
           // This should never happen.
           std::string temp1, temp2, temp3;
-          self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/VirtualMachineError;",
+          self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/InternalError;",
                                    "Put '%s' that is not instance of field '%s' in '%s'",
                                    reg->GetClass()->GetDescriptor(&temp1),
                                    field_class->GetDescriptor(&temp2),
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@
             if (!o->VerifierInstanceOf(arg_type)) {
               // This should never happen.
               std::string temp1, temp2;
-              self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/VirtualMachineError;",
+              self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/InternalError;",
                                        "Invoking %s with bad arg %d, type '%s' not instance of '%s'",
                                        new_shadow_frame->GetMethod()->GetName(), shorty_pos,
                                        o->GetClass()->GetDescriptor(&temp1),
diff --git a/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_switch_impl.cc b/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_switch_impl.cc
index 989b7da..22c0fe0 100644
--- a/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_switch_impl.cc
+++ b/runtime/interpreter/interpreter_switch_impl.cc
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
           if (!obj_result->VerifierInstanceOf(return_type)) {
             // This should never happen.
             std::string temp1, temp2;
-            self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/VirtualMachineError;",
+            self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/InternalError;",
                                      "Returning '%s' that is not instance of return type '%s'",
                                      obj_result->GetClass()->GetDescriptor(&temp1),
                                      return_type->GetDescriptor(&temp2));
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
         } else if (do_assignability_check && !exception->GetClass()->IsThrowableClass()) {
           // This should never happen.
           std::string temp;
-          self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/VirtualMachineError;",
+          self->ThrowNewExceptionF("Ljava/lang/InternalError;",
                                    "Throwing '%s' that is not instance of Throwable",
                                    exception->GetClass()->GetDescriptor(&temp));
         } else {