diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index 3b6ade562..a210e0001 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ func (api *API) queryRange(r *http.Request) (result apiFuncResult) {
 	}
 	qry, err := api.QueryEngine.NewRangeQuery(api.Queryable, opts, r.FormValue("query"), start, end, step)
 	if err != nil {
-		return apiFuncResult{nil, &apiError{errorBadData, err}, nil, nil}
+		return invalidParamError(err, "query")
 	}
 	// From now on, we must only return with a finalizer in the result (to
 	// be called by the caller) or call qry.Close ourselves (which is