--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_log_module.c
@@ -542,8 +542,25 @@ ngx_http_log_request_time(ngx_http_reque
 static u_char *
 ngx_http_log_status(ngx_http_request_t *r, u_char *buf, ngx_http_log_op_t *op)
 {
-    return ngx_sprintf(buf, "%ui",
-                       r->err_status ? r->err_status : r->headers_out.status);
+    ngx_uint_t  status;
+
+    if (r->err_status) {
+        status = r->err_status;
+
+    } else if (r->headers_out.status) {
+        status = r->headers_out.status;
+
+    } else if (r->http_version == NGX_HTTP_VERSION_9) {
+        *buf++ = '0';
+        *buf++ = '0';
+        *buf++ = '9';
+        return buf;
+
+    } else {
+        status = 0;
+    }
+
+    return ngx_sprintf(buf, "%ui", status);
 }