diff --git a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/core.cpp b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/core.cpp
index a8b07cd0cc..912fc0c05e 100644
--- a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/core.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/core.cpp
@@ -206,7 +206,16 @@ counter_callback_info::setup_profile_config(const hsa::AgentCache&           age
             return ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_AST_NOT_FOUND;
         }
         config.asts.push_back(*counter_ast);
-        config.asts.back().set_dimensions();
+
+        try
+        {
+            config.asts.back().set_dimensions();
+        } catch(std::runtime_error& e)
+        {
+            LOG(ERROR) << metric.name() << " has improper dimensions"
+                       << " " << e.what();
+            return ROCPROFILER_STATUS_ERROR_AST_NOT_FOUND;
+        }
     }
 
     profile->pkt_generator = std::make_unique<rocprofiler::aql::AQLPacketConstruct>(
diff --git a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/dimensions.cpp b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/dimensions.cpp
index 792182f8f5..db7ce834da 100644
--- a/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/dimensions.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/counters/dimensions.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,18 @@ get_dimension_cache()
                 const auto& asts = counters::get_ast_map();
                 for(const auto& [gfx, metrics] : asts)
                 {
-                    for(const auto& [_, ast] : metrics)
+                    for(const auto& [metric, ast] : metrics)
                     {
                         auto ast_copy = ast;
-                        dims.emplace(ast.out_id().handle, ast_copy.set_dimensions());
+                        try
+                        {
+                            dims.emplace(ast.out_id().handle, ast_copy.set_dimensions());
+                        } catch(std::runtime_error& e)
+                        {
+                            LOG(ERROR) << metric << " has improper dimensions"
+                                       << " " << e.what();
+                            throw;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 return dims;