diff --git a/administrator/components/com_config/Controller/ApplicationController.php b/administrator/components/com_config/Controller/ApplicationController.php
index 193fe8ef760ef..b41afa4041c3a 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_config/Controller/ApplicationController.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_config/Controller/ApplicationController.php
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ public function save()
 			 */
 
 			// Redirect back to the edit screen.
-			$this->setRedirect(Route::_('index.php?option=com_config', false));
+			$this->app->enqueueMessage(Text::_('COM_CONFIG_ERROR_VALIDATION'), 'error');
+			$this->app->redirect(Route::_('index.php?option=com_config', false));
 		}
 
 		// Attempt to save the configuration.
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
index 3f063f4e4c14e..350f815063bd9 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_config.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ COM_CONFIG_ERROR_ROOT_ASSET_NOT_FOUND="The asset for global configuration could
 COM_CONFIG_ERROR_SSL_NOT_AVAILABLE="HTTPS has not been enabled as it is not available on this server. HTTPS connection test failed with the following error: <em>%s</em>"
 COM_CONFIG_ERROR_SSL_NOT_AVAILABLE_HTTP_CODE="HTTPS version of the site returned an invalid HTTP status code."
 COM_CONFIG_ERROR_REMOVING_SUPER_ADMIN="You can't remove your own Super User permissions."
+COM_CONFIG_ERROR_VALIDATION="Form validation failed. Please check the form."
 COM_CONFIG_ERROR_WRITE_FAILED="Could not write to the configuration file"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_CACHE_HANDLER_LABEL="Cache Handler"
 COM_CONFIG_FIELD_CACHE_PLATFORMPREFIX_LABEL="Platform Specific Caching"