diff --git a/weed/server/common.go b/weed/server/common.go
index 9001a3b33..5c5f1b8eb 100644
--- a/weed/server/common.go
+++ b/weed/server/common.go
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ func adjustHeaderContentDisposition(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, file
 	}
 }
 
-func processRangeRequest(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, totalSize int64, mimeType string, writeFn func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64, httpStatusCode int) error) {
+func processRangeRequest(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, totalSize int64, mimeType string, writeFn func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64) error) {
 	rangeReq := r.Header.Get("Range")
 
 	if rangeReq == "" {
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(totalSize, 10))
-		if err := writeFn(w, 0, totalSize, 0); err != nil {
+		if err := writeFn(w, 0, totalSize); err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
 		}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func processRangeRequest(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, totalSize int64
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.FormatInt(ra.length, 10))
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Range", ra.contentRange(totalSize))
 
-		err = writeFn(w, ra.start, ra.length, http.StatusPartialContent)
+		err = writeFn(w, ra.start, ra.length)
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			return
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ func processRangeRequest(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, totalSize int64
 				pw.CloseWithError(e)
 				return
 			}
-			if e = writeFn(part, ra.start, ra.length, 0); e != nil {
+			if e = writeFn(part, ra.start, ra.length); e != nil {
 				pw.CloseWithError(e)
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
index 892a732f7..231fbd874 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -150,10 +150,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) GetOrHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request,
 		}
 	}
 
-	processRangeRequest(r, w, totalSize, mimeType, func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64, httpStatusCode int) error {
-		if httpStatusCode != 0 {
-			w.WriteHeader(httpStatusCode)
-		}
+	processRangeRequest(r, w, totalSize, mimeType, func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64) error {
 		if offset+size <= int64(len(entry.Content)) {
 			_, err := writer.Write(entry.Content[offset : offset+size])
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
index 981984378..3e977cfd4 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -261,13 +261,10 @@ func writeResponseContent(filename, mimeType string, rs io.ReadSeeker, w http.Re
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	processRangeRequest(r, w, totalSize, mimeType, func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64, httpStatusCode int) error {
+	processRangeRequest(r, w, totalSize, mimeType, func(writer io.Writer, offset int64, size int64) error {
 		if _, e = rs.Seek(offset, 0); e != nil {
 			return e
 		}
-		if httpStatusCode != 0 {
-			w.WriteHeader(httpStatusCode)
-		}
 		_, e = io.CopyN(writer, rs, size)
 		return e
 	})