diff --git a/addons/payment_stripe/models/payment.py b/addons/payment_stripe/models/payment.py
index 1cb2adf97c1..39a8a67493e 100644
--- a/addons/payment_stripe/models/payment.py
+++ b/addons/payment_stripe/models/payment.py
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ class PaymentAcquirerStripe(models.Model):
                           "Request data:\n%s\n"
                           "Response body:\n%s",
                           url, pprint.pformat(data), resp.text)
+            stripe_error = resp.json().get('error', {}).get('message', '')
+            error_msg = " " + (_("Stripe gave us the following info about the problem: '%s'") % stripe_error)
+            raise ValidationError(error_msg)
         return resp.json()
 
     def _create_stripe_session(self, kwargs):
diff --git a/addons/payment_stripe/static/src/js/payment_form.js b/addons/payment_stripe/static/src/js/payment_form.js
index 8671e67e4e9..5ed4200a88c 100644
--- a/addons/payment_stripe/static/src/js/payment_form.js
+++ b/addons/payment_stripe/static/src/js/payment_form.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ PaymentForm.include({
                 self.el.submit();
             }
         }).guardedCatch(function (error) {
+            // We don't want to open the Error dialog since
+            // we already have a container displaying the error
+            error.event.preventDefault();
             // if the rpc fails, pretty obvious
             self.enableButton(button);
             self.displayError(