diff --git a/src/bank-lib/bank_api_credit.c b/src/bank-lib/bank_api_credit.c
index cc5e66879..9835a8c9d 100644
--- a/src/bank-lib/bank_api_credit.c
+++ b/src/bank-lib/bank_api_credit.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ handle_credit_history_finished (void *cls,
 {
   struct TALER_BANK_CreditHistoryHandle *hh = cls;
   struct TALER_BANK_CreditHistoryResponse chr = {
-    .http_status = MHD_HTTP_OK,
+    .http_status = response_code,
     .response = response
   };
 
diff --git a/src/bank-lib/bank_api_debit.c b/src/bank-lib/bank_api_debit.c
index 872443209..bd9b11941 100644
--- a/src/bank-lib/bank_api_debit.c
+++ b/src/bank-lib/bank_api_debit.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ handle_debit_history_finished (void *cls,
 {
   struct TALER_BANK_DebitHistoryHandle *hh = cls;
   struct TALER_BANK_DebitHistoryResponse dhr = {
-    .http_status = MHD_HTTP_OK,
+    .http_status = response_code,
     .response = response
   };