diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/Http2ServerResponse.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/Http2ServerResponse.java
index eac4dfe940a..433cd09caa3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/Http2ServerResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/http/impl/Http2ServerResponse.java
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ private boolean checkSendHeaders(boolean end, boolean checkFlush) {
   }
 
   private void prepareHeaders() {
-    headers.status(Integer.toString(status.code())); // Could be optimized for usual case ?
+    headers.status(status.codeAsText()); // Could be optimized for usual case ?
     if (contentEncoding != null && headers.get(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_ENCODING) == null) {
       headers.set(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_ENCODING, contentEncoding);
     }