diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/products_v3_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/products_v3_controller.rb
index f5baaf310c4c..28f352009ff4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/products_v3_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/products_v3_controller.rb
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ def clone
         @producer_options = producers
         @category_options = categories
         @tax_category_options = tax_category_options
-      rescue StandardError => _e
+      rescue ActiveRecord::ActiveRecordError => _e
         flash.now[:error] = t('.error')
-        status = :internal_server_error
+        status = :unprocessable_entity
         @product_index = "-1" # Create a unique enough index
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/spree/core/product_duplicator_spec.rb b/spec/lib/spree/core/product_duplicator_spec.rb
index 2ea637e4acb4..141030048a85 100644
--- a/spec/lib/spree/core/product_duplicator_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/spree/core/product_duplicator_spec.rb
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@
       }
       subject { Spree::Core::ProductDuplicator.new(product).duplicate }
 
-      it "returns an invalid record"
+      it "raises RecordInvalid error" do
+        expect{ subject }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid)
+      end
     end
 
     context "invalid variant" do