diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
index 7c9137a7e96..b56b41bee7f 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
@@ -18238,6 +18238,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Invalid 'group by' parameter"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: base
+#: code:addons/template_inheritance.py:0
+#, python-format
+msgid "Invalid Expression while parsing xpath %r"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: base
 #: code:addons/base/models/ir_default.py:0
 #, python-format
diff --git a/odoo/tools/template_inheritance.py b/odoo/tools/template_inheritance.py
index 7d7b7a49a82..ac1aba0f2f8 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/template_inheritance.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/template_inheritance.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import re
 
 from odoo.tools.translate import _
 from odoo.tools import SKIPPED_ELEMENT_TYPES, html_escape
+from odoo.exceptions import ValidationError
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 RSTRIP_REGEXP = re.compile(r'\n[ \t]*$')
@@ -74,9 +75,8 @@ def locate_node(arch, spec):
         expr = spec.get('expr')
         try:
             xPath = etree.ETXPath(expr)
-        except etree.XPathSyntaxError:
-            _logger.error("XPathSyntaxError while parsing xpath %r", expr)
-            raise
+        except etree.XPathSyntaxError as e:
+            raise ValidationError(_("Invalid Expression while parsing xpath %r", expr)) from e
         nodes = xPath(arch)
         return nodes[0] if nodes else None
     elif spec.tag == 'field':