diff --git a/src/Error/ErrorHandler.php b/src/Error/ErrorHandler.php
index eff4dd7b3..02940aa2a 100644
--- a/src/Error/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/src/Error/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Closure;
 use Error;
 use Exception;
+use GraphQL\Error\ClientAware;
 use GraphQL\Error\DebugFlag;
 use GraphQL\Error\Error as GraphQLError;
 use GraphQL\Error\FormattedError;
@@ -120,6 +121,15 @@ private function treatExceptions(array $errors, bool $throwRawException): array
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // client-safe exception (e.g. a validation error): it is not an
+            // internal exception, so it must be formatted like a user error
+            // instead of being rethrown when rethrow_internal_exceptions is on.
+            if ($rawException instanceof ClientAware && $rawException->isClientSafe()) {
+                $treatedExceptions['errors'][] = $errorWithConvertedException;
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // if is a catch exception wrapped in Error
             if ($throwRawException) {
                 throw $rawException;
diff --git a/tests/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php b/tests/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
index ec715afad..91d06111d 100644
--- a/tests/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Error/ErrorHandlerTest.php
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserError;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserErrors;
 use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Error\UserWarning;
+use Overblog\GraphQLBundle\Validator\Exception\ArgumentsValidationException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationList;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Validation;
 
+use function class_exists;
 use function is_array;
 use function is_string;
 use function sprintf;
@@ -146,6 +150,34 @@ public function testMaskErrorWithWrappedUserErrorAndThrowExceptionSetToTrue(): v
         $this->assertSame($expected, $executionResult->toArray());
     }
 
+    public function testMaskErrorWithWrappedClientSafeExceptionAndThrowExceptionSetToTrue(): void
+    {
+        if (!class_exists(Validation::class)) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Symfony validator component is not installed');
+        }
+
+        // A client-safe exception (e.g. a validation error) is not internal, so it
+        // must be formatted like a user error, not rethrown. See #1194.
+        $executionResult = new ExecutionResult(
+            null,
+            [
+                new GraphQLError('Error with wrapped validation error', null, null, [], null, new ArgumentsValidationException(new ConstraintViolationList())),
+            ]
+        );
+
+        $this->errorHandler->handleErrors($executionResult, true);
+
+        $expected = [
+            'errors' => [
+                [
+                    'message' => 'Error with wrapped validation error',
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $executionResult->toArray());
+    }
+
     public function testDebugEnabled(): void
     {
         try {