diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToTimestampTransformer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToTimestampTransformer.php
index 78e187806f..75cfee0748 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToTimestampTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Form/Extension/Core/DataTransformer/DateTimeToTimestampTransformer.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class DateTimeToTimestampTransformer extends BaseDateTimeTransformer
 
             return $dateTime;
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Expected a valid timestamp. ' . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
+            throw new TransformationFailedException('Expected a valid timestamp. ' . $e->getMessage(), 0, $e);
         }
     }
 }
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