diff --git a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/HttpConversionUtil.java b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/HttpConversionUtil.java
index 76526015cf..0f23ab6f8d 100644
--- a/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/HttpConversionUtil.java
+++ b/codec-http2/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/HttpConversionUtil.java
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ public final class HttpConversionUtil {
             }
         } else if (in instanceof HttpResponse) {
             HttpResponse response = (HttpResponse) in;
-            out.status(new AsciiString(Integer.toString(response.status().code())));
+            out.status(response.status().codeAsText());
         }
 
         // Add the HTTP headers which have not been consumed above