diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/command_line_util.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/command_line_util.rb
index 62c736451b7967a775924aca6b48fd1a7a690603..2249904145c7df427cff988c0a6159fa1781a5aa 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/command_line_util.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/command_line_util.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def execute(cmd)
         output, status = Gitlab::Popen.popen(cmd)
-        @shared.error(output.to_s) unless status.zero?
+        @shared.error(Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new(output.to_s)) unless status.zero?
         status.zero?
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/import_export/saver.rb b/lib/gitlab/import_export/saver.rb
index dd4fdf373092be0bae390f137b538bd79c607b2b..6a60b65071f6116a7b671774d766e9971b5300aa 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/import_export/saver.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/import_export/saver.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Gitlab
           Rails.logger.info("Saved project export #{archive_file}")
           archive_file
         else
-          @shared.error("Unable to save #{archive_file} into #{@shared.export_path}")
+          @shared.error(Gitlab::ImportExport::Error.new("Unable to save #{archive_file} into #{@shared.export_path}"))
           false
         end
       rescue => e