diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index cc00849a60..681b719c1a 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ func createRouter(srv *Server, logging bool) (*mux.Router, error) {
 		if srv.enableCors {
 			writeCorsHeaders(w, r)
 		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	})
 	return r, nil
 }
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
index 748bcf812c..62da94113a 100644
--- a/api_test.go
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ func TestOptionsRoute(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	router.ServeHTTP(r, req)
-	if r.Code != 200 {
+	if r.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Errorf("Expected response for OPTIONS request to be \"200\", %v found.", r.Code)
 	}
 }
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ func TestGetEnabledCors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	router.ServeHTTP(r, req)
-	if r.Code != 200 {
+	if r.Code != http.StatusOK {
 		t.Errorf("Expected response for OPTIONS request to be \"200\", %v found.", r.Code)
 	}