diff --git a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
index b2d6ee8e9..8e6b780ab 100644
--- a/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
+++ b/middleware/fastcgi/fcgiclient.go
@@ -375,21 +375,15 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) Request(p map[string]string, req io.Reader) (resp *http.Res
 	resp.Header = http.Header(mimeHeader)
 
 	if resp.Header.Get("Status") != "" {
-		
-		// check if Status is long enought to split
-		if strings.Count(resp.Header.Get("Status"), " ") > 0 {
-			statusParts := strings.SplitN(resp.Header.Get("Status"), " ", 2)
-			resp.StatusCode, err = strconv.Atoi(statusParts[0])
-			resp.Status = statusParts[1]
-			resp.Status = statusParts[1]
-		} else {
-			resp.StatusCode, err = strconv.Atoi(resp.Header.Get("Status"))
-		}
-	
+		statusParts := strings.SplitN(resp.Header.Get("Status"), " ", 2)
+		resp.StatusCode, err = strconv.Atoi(statusParts[0])
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
-	
+		if (len(statusParts) > 0) {
+			resp.Status = statusParts[1]	
+		}
+		
 	} else {
 		resp.StatusCode = http.StatusOK
 	}
@@ -521,4 +515,4 @@ func (c *FCGIClient) PostFile(p map[string]string, data url.Values, file map[str
 }
 
 // Checks whether chunked is part of the encodings stack
-func chunked(te []string) bool { return len(te) > 0 && te[0] == "chunked" }
+func chunked(te []string) bool { return len(te) > 0 && te[0] == "chunked" }
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