diff --git a/torchrec/metrics/recall_session.py b/torchrec/metrics/recall_session.py
index d724c2993..49c57349f 100644
--- a/torchrec/metrics/recall_session.py
+++ b/torchrec/metrics/recall_session.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import torch
 from torch import distributed as dist
-from torchrec.distributed.utils import none_throws
 from torchrec.metrics.metrics_config import RecTaskInfo, SessionMetricDef
 from torchrec.metrics.metrics_namespace import MetricName, MetricNamespace, MetricPrefix
 from torchrec.metrics.rec_metric import (
@@ -149,7 +148,7 @@ def update(
             or self.session_var_name not in kwargs["required_inputs"]
         ):
             raise RecMetricException(
-                "Need the {} input to update the bucket metric".format(
+                "Need the {} input to update the session metric".format(
                     self.session_var_name
                 )
             )
@@ -239,15 +238,13 @@ def __init__(
                 "Fused update is not supported for recall session-level metrics"
             )
         for task in tasks:
-            session_metric_def = none_throws(
-                task.session_metric_def, "Please, specify the session metric definition"
-            )
-            if session_metric_def.top_threshold is None:
-                raise RecMetricException("Please, specify the top threshold")
-            if session_metric_def.session_var_name is None:
+            if task.session_metric_def is None:
                 raise RecMetricException(
-                    "Please, specify the session var name in your model output"
+                    "Please, specify the session metric definition"
                 )
+            session_metric_def = task.session_metric_def
+            if session_metric_def.top_threshold is None:
+                raise RecMetricException("Please, specify the top threshold")
 
         super().__init__(
             world_size=world_size,
@@ -266,15 +263,23 @@ def _get_task_kwargs(
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         if isinstance(task_config, list):
             raise RecMetricException("Session metric can only take one task at a time")
-        return {"session_metric_def": none_throws(task_config.session_metric_def)}
+
+        if task_config.session_metric_def is None:
+            raise RecMetricException("Please, specify the session metric definition")
+
+        return {"session_metric_def": task_config.session_metric_def}
 
     def _get_task_required_inputs(
         self, task_config: Union[RecTaskInfo, List[RecTaskInfo]]
     ) -> Set[str]:
         if isinstance(task_config, list):
             raise RecMetricException("Session metric can only take one task at a time")
+
+        if task_config.session_metric_def is None:
+            raise RecMetricException("Please, specify the session metric definition")
+
         return (
-            {none_throws(task_config.session_metric_def).session_var_name}
-            if none_throws(task_config.session_metric_def).session_var_name
+            {task_config.session_metric_def.session_var_name}
+            if task_config.session_metric_def.session_var_name
             else set()
         )
diff --git a/torchrec/metrics/tests/test_recall_session.py b/torchrec/metrics/tests/test_recall_session.py
index 8d6433203..af0c09401 100644
--- a/torchrec/metrics/tests/test_recall_session.py
+++ b/torchrec/metrics/tests/test_recall_session.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import torch
 from torch import no_grad
 from torchrec.metrics.metrics_config import RecTaskInfo, SessionMetricDef
+from torchrec.metrics.rec_metric import RecMetricException
 
 from torchrec.metrics.recall_session import RecallSessionMetric
 
@@ -206,6 +207,40 @@ def test_recall_session_with_no_positive_examples(self) -> None:
             )
             raise
 
+    def test_error_messages(self) -> None:
+
+        task_info1 = RecTaskInfo(
+            name="Task1",
+            label_name="label1",
+            prediction_name="prediction1",
+            weight_name="weight1",
+        )
+
+        task_info2 = RecTaskInfo(
+            name="Task2",
+            label_name="label2",
+            prediction_name="prediction2",
+            weight_name="weight2",
+            session_metric_def=SessionMetricDef(session_var_name="session"),
+        )
+
+        error_message1 = "Please, specify the session metric definition"
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RecMetricException, error_message1):
+            _ = RecallSessionMetric(
+                world_size=1,
+                my_rank=5,
+                batch_size=100,
+                tasks=[task_info1],
+            )
+        error_message2 = "Please, specify the top threshold"
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(RecMetricException, error_message2):
+            _ = RecallSessionMetric(
+                world_size=1,
+                my_rank=5,
+                batch_size=100,
+                tasks=[task_info2],
+            )
+
     def test_tasks_input_propagation(self) -> None:
         task_info1 = RecTaskInfo(
             name="Task1",