diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractServerHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractServerHttpResponse.java
index 359c1de48ab..46100bde3ea 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractServerHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractServerHttpResponse.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerHttpResponse implements ServerHttpResponse {
 	private final DataBufferFactory dataBufferFactory;
 
 	@Nullable
-	private HttpStatus statusCode;
+	private Integer statusCode;
 
 	private final HttpHeaders headers;
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerHttpResponse implements ServerHttpResponse {
 			return false;
 		}
 		else {
-			this.statusCode = statusCode;
+			this.statusCode = (statusCode != null ? statusCode.value() : null);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -104,6 +104,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerHttpResponse implements ServerHttpResponse {
 	@Override
 	@Nullable
 	public HttpStatus getStatusCode() {
+		return (this.statusCode != null ? HttpStatus.resolve(this.statusCode) : null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the HTTP status code of the response.
+	 * @param statusCode the HTTP status as an integer value
+	 * @since 5.0.1
+	 */
+	public void setStatusCodeValue(Integer statusCode) {
+		this.statusCode = statusCode;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the HTTP status code of the response.
+	 * @return the HTTP status as an integer value
+	 * @since 5.0.1
+	 */
+	@Nullable
+	public Integer getStatusCodeValue() {
 		return this.statusCode;
 	}
 
@@ -121,7 +140,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractServerHttpResponse implements ServerHttpResponse {
 
 	@Override
 	public void addCookie(ResponseCookie cookie) {
-		Assert.notNull(cookie, "'cookie' must not be null");
+		Assert.notNull(cookie, "ResponseCookie must not be null");
 
 		if (this.state.get() == State.COMMITTED) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Can't add the cookie " + cookie +
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ReactorServerHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ReactorServerHttpResponse.java
index b3379e29f65..b0e071c2ed8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ReactorServerHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ReactorServerHttpResponse.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import reactor.ipc.netty.http.server.HttpServerResponse;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.NettyDataBufferFactory;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseCookie;
 import org.springframework.http.ZeroCopyHttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ class ReactorServerHttpResponse extends AbstractServerHttpResponse implements Ze
 
 	@Override
 	protected void applyStatusCode() {
-		HttpStatus statusCode = this.getStatusCode();
+		Integer statusCode = getStatusCodeValue();
 		if (statusCode != null) {
-			this.response.status(HttpResponseStatus.valueOf(statusCode.value()));
+			this.response.status(HttpResponseStatus.valueOf(statusCode));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletServerHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletServerHttpResponse.java
index e628383db1f..299c4f70602 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletServerHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletServerHttpResponse.java
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ class ServletServerHttpResponse extends AbstractListenerServerHttpResponse {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void applyStatusCode() {
-		HttpStatus statusCode = this.getStatusCode();
+		Integer statusCode = getStatusCodeValue();
 		if (statusCode != null) {
-			this.response.setStatus(statusCode.value());
+			this.response.setStatus(statusCode);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
index 69dedd8557e..17b0cd703e7 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/UndertowServerHttpResponse.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferUtils;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseCookie;
 import org.springframework.http.ZeroCopyHttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@ class UndertowServerHttpResponse extends AbstractListenerServerHttpResponse impl
 
 	@Override
 	protected void applyStatusCode() {
-		HttpStatus statusCode = this.getStatusCode();
+		Integer statusCode = getStatusCodeValue();
 		if (statusCode != null) {
-			this.exchange.setStatusCode(statusCode.value());
+			this.exchange.setStatusCode(statusCode);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/ResponseEntityResultHandler.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/ResponseEntityResultHandler.java
index d4b4b2438a0..d2b00e6a851 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/ResponseEntityResultHandler.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/result/method/annotation/ResponseEntityResultHandler.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.HttpMessageWriter;
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.AbstractServerHttpResponse;
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.HandlerResult;
@@ -48,8 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0
  */
-public class ResponseEntityResultHandler extends AbstractMessageWriterResultHandler
-		implements HandlerResultHandler {
+public class ResponseEntityResultHandler extends AbstractMessageWriterResultHandler implements HandlerResultHandler {
 
 	private static final List<HttpMethod> SAFE_METHODS = Arrays.asList(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.HEAD);
 
@@ -139,7 +140,13 @@ public class ResponseEntityResultHandler extends AbstractMessageWriterResultHand
 
 			if (httpEntity instanceof ResponseEntity) {
 				ResponseEntity<?> responseEntity = (ResponseEntity<?>) httpEntity;
-				exchange.getResponse().setStatusCode(responseEntity.getStatusCode());
+				ServerHttpResponse response = exchange.getResponse();
+				if (response instanceof AbstractServerHttpResponse) {
+					((AbstractServerHttpResponse) response).setStatusCodeValue(responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue());
+				}
+				else {
+					response.setStatusCode(responseEntity.getStatusCode());
+				}
 			}
 
 			HttpHeaders entityHeaders = httpEntity.getHeaders();