diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d110c6796..df53ec1942 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ tags
 *.fasthttp.br
 .idea
 .DS_Store
+vendor/
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 1746c01dc1..9d599270f9 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fasthttp
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -181,5 +182,12 @@ func statusLine(statusCode int) []byte {
 
 func invalidStatusLine(statusCode int) []byte {
 	statusText := StatusMessage(statusCode)
-	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP/1.1 %d %s\r\n", statusCode, statusText))
+	// xxx placeholder of status code
+	var line = make([]byte, 0, len("HTTP/1.1 xxx \r\n")+len(statusText))
+	line = append(line, []byte("HTTP/1.1 ")...)
+	line = strconv.AppendInt(line, int64(statusCode), 10)
+	line = append(line, []byte(" ")...)
+	line = append(line, []byte(statusText)...)
+	line = append(line, []byte("\r\n")...)
+	return line
 }