diff --git a/PluginBase/src/org/bimserver/shared/HashMapVirtualObject.java b/PluginBase/src/org/bimserver/shared/HashMapVirtualObject.java
index f77686b68b..33c767e92c 100644
--- a/PluginBase/src/org/bimserver/shared/HashMapVirtualObject.java
+++ b/PluginBase/src/org/bimserver/shared/HashMapVirtualObject.java
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ public void setReference(EReference eReference, WrappedVirtualObject wrappedVirt
 		EClass definedType = (EClass)eReference.getEType();
 		EClass referencedEClass = wrappedVirtualObject.eClass();
 		if (!definedType.isSuperTypeOf(referencedEClass)) {
-			throw new CannotStoreReferenceInFieldException(DeserializerErrorCode.REFERENCED_OBJECT_CANNOT_BE_STORED_IN_THIS_FIELD, "Cannot store a " + referencedEClass.getName() + " in " + eClass().getName() + "." + eReference.getName() + " of type " + definedType.getName());
+			return;
 		}
 		map.put(eReference, wrappedVirtualObject);
 	}