diff --git a/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
index 03d3637fd..f971ae73f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repository_rows_controller.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ class RepositoryRowsController < ApplicationController
               }
             end
           end
+          raise ActiveRecord::Rollback if errors[:repository_cells].any?
         end
         # Clean up empty cells, not present in updated record
         @record.repository_cells.each do |cell|