diff --git a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
index 035947e99..480478bb0 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Mvc/Html/ContainerExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Web.Mvc;
 
 namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
+    public interface IFoo{}
     public static class ContainerExtensions {
         /// <summary>
         /// This method performed by Erik Weisz.
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Orchard.Mvc.Html {
             var workContext = html.ViewContext.RequestContext.GetWorkContext();
 
             if (workContext == null)
-                return default(TService);
+                throw new ApplicationException(string.Format(@"The WorkContext cannot be found for the request. Unable to resolve '{0}'.", typeof(TService)));
 
             return workContext.Resolve<TService>();
         }