diff --git a/app/controllers/auth/passwords_controller.rb b/app/controllers/auth/passwords_controller.rb
index f41b63dce..ec709c653 100644
--- a/app/controllers/auth/passwords_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/auth/passwords_controller.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class Auth::PasswordsController < Devise::PasswordsController
       respond_with resource, location: after_resetting_password_path_for(resource)
     else
       set_minimum_password_length
-      respond_with resource
+      respond_with resource, status: :unprocessable_entity
     end
   end