diff --git a/SilKit/source/services/lin/LinController.cpp b/SilKit/source/services/lin/LinController.cpp
index b96ff82c2..d0419c526 100644
--- a/SilKit/source/services/lin/LinController.cpp
+++ b/SilKit/source/services/lin/LinController.cpp
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ void LinController::ThrowIfDynamic(const std::string& callingMethodName) const
 
 void LinController::ThrowIfNotDynamic(const std::string& callingMethodName) const
 {
-    if (_useDynamicResponse)
+    if (!_useDynamicResponse)
     {
         std::string errorMsg = callingMethodName + " can only be called if the node was initialized using InitDynamic!";
         _logger->MakeMessage(Logging::Level::Error, TopicOf(*this))
             .SetMessage(errorMsg)
             .Dispatch();
-        throw SilKitError{errorMsg};
+        throw SilKit::StateError{errorMsg};
     }
 }
 
@@ -372,10 +372,7 @@ void LinController::InitDynamic(const SilKit::Experimental::Services::Lin::LinCo
 
 void LinController::SendDynamicResponse(const LinFrame& frame)
 {
-    if (!_useDynamicResponse)
-    {
-        ThrowIfNotDynamic(__FUNCTION__);
-    }
+    ThrowIfNotDynamic(__FUNCTION__);
 
     // prepare the response update
     LinFrameResponse response{};
diff --git a/SilKit/source/services/lin/Test_LinControllerTrivialSim.cpp b/SilKit/source/services/lin/Test_LinControllerTrivialSim.cpp
index 2b0abb498..bdfa65a51 100644
--- a/SilKit/source/services/lin/Test_LinControllerTrivialSim.cpp
+++ b/SilKit/source/services/lin/Test_LinControllerTrivialSim.cpp
@@ -811,6 +811,18 @@ TEST_F(Test_LinControllerTrivialSim, add_remove_handler)
     master.ReceiveMsg(&slave1, transmission);
 }
 
+// SendDynamicResponse throws a StateError if the controller was not initialized using InitDynamic, including when it
+// was not initialized at all.
+TEST_F(Test_LinControllerTrivialSim, send_dynamic_response_throws_if_not_dynamic)
+{
+    const auto frame = MakeFrame(17, LinChecksumModel::Enhanced, 4);
+
+    EXPECT_THROW(master.SendDynamicResponse(frame), SilKit::StateError);
+
+    master.Init(MakeControllerConfig(LinControllerMode::Master));
+    EXPECT_THROW(master.SendDynamicResponse(frame), SilKit::StateError);
+}
+
 ////////////
 // Tracing
 ////////////
diff --git a/docs/changelog/versions/latest.md b/docs/changelog/versions/latest.md
index cc47f4d97..e4df93e85 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/versions/latest.md
+++ b/docs/changelog/versions/latest.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # [5.0.9] - UNRELEASED
 
-> This changelog entry is still empty.
\ No newline at end of file
+## Fixed
+
+- LIN: `SendDynamicResponse` now throws a `SilKit::StateError`, as documented, if the controller was not initialized using `InitDynamic`. Previously, the call was silently processed.