diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 940d3b155..e6d4e39c6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
         photos.update_all(:status_message_id => nil)
       end
       respond_to do |format|
-        format.js { render :json =>{:errors => @status_message.errors.full_messages}, :status => 406 }
+        format.js { render :json =>{:errors => @status_message.errors.full_messages}, :status => 422 }
         format.html {redirect_to :back}
       end
     end