diff --git a/drf_openapi/utils.py b/drf_openapi/utils.py
index 786f539..c0b736c 100644
--- a/drf_openapi/utils.py
+++ b/drf_openapi/utils.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def wrapper(instance, request, version=None, *args, **kwargs):
             if validate_response:
                 response_validator = instance.response_serializer(data=response.data)
                 response_validator.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
-                return Response(response_validator.validated_data)
+                return Response(response_validator.validated_data, status=response.status_code)
 
             return response