diff --git a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldItemNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldItemNormalizer.php
index bee3930f7417e2927f5b6fa3a4751230bbe6da7f..a427fee0f9012a0f54d4fe3070246bffad282267 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldItemNormalizer.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\hal\Normalizer;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * Converts the Drupal field item object structure to HAL array structure.
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ public function normalize($field_item, $format = NULL, array $context = array())
    */
   public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
     if (!isset($context['target_instance'])) {
-      throw new LogicException('$context[\'target_instance\'] must be set to denormalize with the FieldItemNormalizer');
+      throw new InvalidArgumentException('$context[\'target_instance\'] must be set to denormalize with the FieldItemNormalizer');
     }
     if ($context['target_instance']->getParent() == NULL) {
-      throw new LogicException('The field item passed in via $context[\'target_instance\'] must have a parent set.');
+      throw new InvalidArgumentException('The field item passed in via $context[\'target_instance\'] must have a parent set.');
     }
 
     $field_item = $context['target_instance'];
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldNormalizer.php
index 2648998f927f1b17b0e396eff1cd27e0f3574857..99a669c590188c6dfc4d482fe8af09f8769104c1 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Normalizer/FieldNormalizer.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\hal\Normalizer;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Utility\NestedArray;
-use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\LogicException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 
 /**
  * Converts the Drupal field structure to HAL array structure.
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ public function normalize($field, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
    */
   public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
     if (!isset($context['target_instance'])) {
-      throw new LogicException('$context[\'target_instance\'] must be set to denormalize with the FieldNormalizer');
+      throw new InvalidArgumentException('$context[\'target_instance\'] must be set to denormalize with the FieldNormalizer');
     }
     if ($context['target_instance']->getParent() == NULL) {
-      throw new LogicException('The field passed in via $context[\'target_instance\'] must have a parent set.');
+      throw new InvalidArgumentException('The field passed in via $context[\'target_instance\'] must have a parent set.');
     }
 
     $field = $context['target_instance'];
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc73cbdc716b7311ba1961d33f41d265f4b0097a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\hal\Tests\FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FieldItemNormalizer;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FieldItemNormalizer
+ *
+ * @group Drupal
+ * @group HAL
+ */
+class FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest extends NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'FieldItemNormalizer::denormalize() Unit Test',
+      'description' => 'Test that FieldItemNormalizer::denormalize() throws proper exceptions.',
+      'group' => 'HAL',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the FieldItemNormalizer::denormalize() throws proper exceptions.
+   *
+   * @param array $context
+   *   Context for FieldItemNormalizer::denormalize().
+   *
+   * @dataProvider providerNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions
+   * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+   */
+  public function testFieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions($context) {
+    $field_item_normalizer = new FieldItemNormalizer();
+    $data = array();
+    $class = array();
+    $field_item_normalizer->denormalize($data, $class, NULL, $context);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c39ffa0480c7d27f4f2204db84d4448b6cf6f0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\hal\Tests\FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FieldNormalizer;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\hal\Normalizer\FieldNormalizer
+ *
+ * @group Drupal
+ * @group HAL
+ */
+class FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest extends NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * @inheritdoc
+   */
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'FieldNormalizer::denormalize() Unit Test',
+      'description' => 'Test that FieldNormalizer::denormalize() throws proper exceptions.',
+      'group' => 'HAL',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that the FieldNormalizer::denormalize() throws proper exceptions.
+   *
+   * @param array $context
+   *   Context for FieldNormalizer::denormalize().
+   *
+   * @dataProvider providerNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions
+   * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+   */
+  public function testFieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions($context) {
+    $field_item_normalizer = new FieldNormalizer();
+    $data = array();
+    $class = array();
+    $field_item_normalizer->denormalize($data, $class, NULL, $context);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase.php b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f16b223230ff7f87beb28e253998e182261897a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/hal/tests/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\hal\Tests\NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\hal\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Common ancestor for FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest and
+ * FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest as they have the same
+ * dataProvider.
+ */
+abstract class NormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTestBase extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * Provides data for FieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest::testFieldItemNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions()
+   * and for FieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptionsUnitTest::testFieldNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions().
+   *
+   * @return array Test data.
+   */
+  public function providerNormalizerDenormalizeExceptions() {
+    $mock = $this->getMock('\Drupal\Core\Field\Plugin\DataType\FieldItem', array('getParent'));
+    $mock->expects($this->any())
+      ->method('getParent')
+      ->will($this->returnValue(NULL));
+    return array(
+      array(array()),
+      array(array('target_instance' => $mock)),
+    );
+  }
+
+}