diff --git a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/endpoint/ProxyEndpoint.java b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/endpoint/ProxyEndpoint.java
index 0391437546..81416cb7cb 100644
--- a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/endpoint/ProxyEndpoint.java
+++ b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/endpoint/ProxyEndpoint.java
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ private HttpResponseMessage buildZuulHttpResponse(
         // Collect some info about the received response.
         origin.recordFinalResponse(zuulResponse);
         origin.recordFinalError(zuulRequest, ex);
-        StatusCategoryUtils.setStatusCategory(zuulCtx, statusCategory);
+        StatusCategoryUtils.storeStatusCategoryIfNotAlreadyFailure(zuulCtx, statusCategory);
         zuulCtx.setError(ex);
         zuulCtx.put("origin_http_status", Integer.toString(respStatus));