diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/request.go b/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/request.go
index 762cf371cd4..526065c1c77 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/request.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/request.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func (s *QueryData) fetch(ctx context.Context, client *client.Client, q *models.
 		res := s.instantQuery(traceCtx, client, q, headers)
 		dr.Error = res.Error
 		dr.Frames = res.Frames
+		dr.Status = res.Status
 	}
 
 	if q.RangeQuery {
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ func (s *QueryData) fetch(ctx context.Context, client *client.Client, q *models.
 			} else {
 				dr.Error = fmt.Errorf("%v %w", dr.Error, res.Error)
 			}
+			// When both instant and range are true, we may overwrite the status code.
+			// To fix this (and other things) they should come in separate http requests.
+			dr.Status = res.Status
 		}
 		dr.Frames = append(dr.Frames, res.Frames...)
 	}
@@ -161,7 +165,8 @@ func (s *QueryData) rangeQuery(ctx context.Context, c *client.Client, q *models.
 	res, err := c.QueryRange(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return backend.DataResponse{
-			Error: err,
+			Error:  err,
+			Status: backend.StatusBadGateway,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -179,7 +184,8 @@ func (s *QueryData) instantQuery(ctx context.Context, c *client.Client, q *model
 	res, err := c.QueryInstant(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		return backend.DataResponse{
-			Error: err,
+			Error:  err,
+			Status: backend.StatusBadGateway,
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/response.go b/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/response.go
index 18b0890b047..be09ff3e575 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/response.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/prometheus/querydata/response.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func (s *QueryData) parseResponse(ctx context.Context, q *models.Query, res *htt
 	r := converter.ReadPrometheusStyleResult(iter, converter.Options{
 		Dataplane: s.enableDataplane,
 	})
+	r.Status = backend.Status(res.StatusCode)
 
 	// Add frame to attach metadata
 	if len(r.Frames) == 0 && !q.ExemplarQuery {