diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
index 4f5fd7d8d7b07..732b7528f499e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/ui/UIUtils.scala
@@ -569,6 +569,6 @@ private[spark] object UIUtils extends Logging {
   }
 
   def buildErrorResponse(status: Response.Status, msg: String): Response = {
-    Response.status(Response.Status.FORBIDDEN).entity(msg).`type`(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).build()
+    Response.status(status).entity(msg).`type`(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).build()
   }
 }