diff --git a/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnValue.php b/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnValue.php
index bf1632fefc4e23b8a17247ef2d251dff3e361426..bd79c7cfdcd2e3aaa0871eaa1f517dc810d8cb77 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnValue.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/migrate/process/SkipOnValue.php
@@ -61,11 +61,18 @@ class SkipOnValue extends ProcessPluginBase {
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
-  public function row($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
-    if (empty($this->configuration['value']) && !array_key_exists('value', $this->configuration)) {
-      throw new MigrateException('Skip on value plugin is missing value configuration.');
+  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
+    if (empty($configuration['value']) && !array_key_exists('value', $configuration)) {
+      throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Skip on value plugin is missing value configuration.');
     }
 
+    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function row($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
     if (is_array($this->configuration['value'])) {
       $value_in_array = FALSE;
       $not_equals = isset($this->configuration['not_equals']);
@@ -89,10 +96,6 @@ class SkipOnValue extends ProcessPluginBase {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function process($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrate_executable, Row $row, $destination_property) {
-    if (empty($this->configuration['value']) && !array_key_exists('value', $this->configuration)) {
-      throw new MigrateException('Skip on value plugin is missing value configuration.');
-    }
-
     if (is_array($this->configuration['value'])) {
       $value_in_array = FALSE;
       $not_equals = isset($this->configuration['not_equals']);
diff --git a/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnValueTest.php b/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnValueTest.php
index e2af7c929864fe77639e0ee18ed81c31cc36c20b..2256affce9c34de8d88da1fbfea9aee81face970 100644
--- a/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnValueTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Unit/process/SkipOnValueTest.php
@@ -123,23 +123,14 @@ class SkipOnValueTest extends MigrateProcessTestCase {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @covers ::row
+   * @covers ::__construct
    */
-  public function testRequiredRowConfiguration(): void {
+  public function testRequiredConfiguration() {
+    // It doesn't meter which method we will put here, because it should throw
+    // error on contraction of Plugin.
     $configuration['method'] = 'row';
-    $this->expectException(MigrateException::class);
-    (new SkipOnValue($configuration, 'skip_on_value', []))
-      ->transform('sourcevalue', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @covers ::process
-   */
-  public function testRequiredProcessConfiguration(): void {
-    $configuration['method'] = 'process';
-    $this->expectException(MigrateException::class);
-    (new SkipOnValue($configuration, 'skip_on_value', []))
-      ->transform('sourcevalue', $this->migrateExecutable, $this->row, 'destinationproperty');
+    $this->expectException(\InvalidArgumentException::class);
+    (new SkipOnValue($configuration, 'skip_on_value', []));
   }
 
 }