diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.hxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.hxx
index c240ba7d7..c78122345 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.hxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_Gen_i.hxx
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@
 #include CORBA_CLIENT_HEADER(SALOMEDS)
 #include CORBA_CLIENT_HEADER(SALOMEDS_Attributes)
 
+#include "SMESH_Gen.hxx"
 #include "SMESH_Mesh_i.hxx"
 #include "SMESH_Hypothesis_i.hxx"
-#include "SALOME_Component_i.hxx"
-#include "SALOME_NamingService.hxx"
 
-#include "SMESH_Gen.hxx"
-#include "GEOM_Client.hxx"
+#include <SALOME_Component_i.hxx>
+#include <SALOME_NamingService.hxx>
+#include <Utils_CorbaException.hxx>
+
+#include <GEOM_Client.hxx>
 
 #include <TCollection_AsciiString.hxx>
 #include <Resource_DataMapOfAsciiStringAsciiString.hxx>
@@ -630,6 +632,15 @@ namespace SMESH
   {
     return dynamic_cast<T>(SMESH_Gen_i::GetServant(theArg).in());
   }
+
+  /*!
+   * \brief Function used in SMESH_CATCH to convert a caught exception to
+   * SALOME::SALOME_Exception
+   */
+  inline void throwCorbaException(const char* excText)
+  {
+    THROW_SALOME_CORBA_EXCEPTION( excText, SALOME::INTERNAL_ERROR );
+  }
 }