diff --git a/agent/event_endpoint.go b/agent/event_endpoint.go
index 1bb69a60b7..10b3d9c288 100644
--- a/agent/event_endpoint.go
+++ b/agent/event_endpoint.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) EventFire(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (int
 			fmt.Fprint(resp, acl.ErrPermissionDenied.Error())
 			return nil, nil
 		}
-		resp.WriteHeader(500)
+		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) // 500
 		return nil, err
 	}