diff --git a/backoffice/backoffice/workflows/api/views.py b/backoffice/backoffice/workflows/api/views.py
index 57f684bd..d3045dc3 100644
--- a/backoffice/backoffice/workflows/api/views.py
+++ b/backoffice/backoffice/workflows/api/views.py
@@ -120,17 +120,15 @@ def create(self, request):
         serializer = self.serializer_class(data=request.data)
         if serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True):
             logger.info("Validating data against given schema: %s", request.data)
-            # Create request object to pass to schema validation
-            validation_request = request._request
-            validation_request.data = request.data.get("data")
-            validation_response = self.validate(validation_request)
-            if validation_response.status_code != status.HTTP_200_OK:
-                return validation_response
-            logger.info("Data passed schema validation, creating workflow.")
-            workflow = Workflow.objects.create(
-                data=serializer.validated_data["data"],
-                workflow_type=serializer.validated_data["workflow_type"],
-            )
+            validation_errors = list(get_validation_errors(request.data.get("data")))
+            if validation_errors:
+                raise ValidationError(validation_errors)
+            else:
+                logger.info("Data passed schema validation, creating workflow.")
+                workflow = Workflow.objects.create(
+                    data=serializer.validated_data["data"],
+                    workflow_type=serializer.validated_data["workflow_type"],
+                )
         logger.info(
             "Trigger Airflow DAG: %s for %s",
             WORKFLOW_DAGS[workflow.workflow_type].initialize,