diff --git a/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java b/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
index 61c8cd1b00a..12192da0bb2 100644
--- a/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
+++ b/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponse.java
@@ -60,14 +60,13 @@ public class MonitoringBulkResponse extends ActionResponse {
      * Returns HTTP status
      *
      * <ul>
-     * <li>{@link RestStatus#OK} if monitoring bulk request was successful</li>
-     * <li>{@link RestStatus#ACCEPTED} if monitoring bulk request was ignored because collection is disabled</li>
+     * <li>{@link RestStatus#OK} if monitoring bulk request was successful (or ignored because collection is disabled)</li>
      * <li>{@link RestStatus#INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR} if monitoring bulk request was partially successful or failed completely</li>
      * </ul>
      */
     public RestStatus status() {
         if (error == null) {
-            return ignored ? RestStatus.ACCEPTED : RestStatus.OK;
+            return RestStatus.OK;
         }
 
         return RestStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponseTests.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponseTests.java
index f67b75bd487..3ac7f2de63c 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponseTests.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/MonitoringBulkResponseTests.java
@@ -30,19 +30,22 @@ public class MonitoringBulkResponseTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         assertThat(response.getTookInMillis(), equalTo(took));
         assertThat(response.getError(), is(nullValue()));
+        assertThat(response.isIgnored(), is(false));
         assertThat(response.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.OK));
 
         response = new MonitoringBulkResponse(took, true);
 
         assertThat(response.getTookInMillis(), equalTo(took));
         assertThat(response.getError(), is(nullValue()));
-        assertThat(response.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        assertThat(response.isIgnored(), is(true));
+        assertThat(response.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.OK));
 
         ExportException exception = new ExportException(randomAlphaOfLength(10));
         response = new MonitoringBulkResponse(took, new MonitoringBulkResponse.Error(exception));
 
         assertThat(response.getTookInMillis(), equalTo(took));
         assertThat(response.getError(), is(notNullValue()));
+        assertThat(response.isIgnored(), is(false));
         assertThat(response.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR));
     }
 
diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkActionTests.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
index e06e06dac40..2bd25666ab8 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/action/TransportMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class TransportMonitoringBulkActionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
         final MonitoringBulkResponse response = action.execute(request).get();
 
-        assertThat(response.status(), is(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        assertThat(response.status(), is(RestStatus.OK));
         assertThat(response.isIgnored(), is(true));
         assertThat(response.getTookInMillis(), is(0L));
         assertThat(response.getError(), nullValue());
diff --git a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/rest/action/RestMonitoringBulkActionTests.java b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/rest/action/RestMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
index 9e88ace46e7..bd96be6c928 100644
--- a/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/rest/action/RestMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
+++ b/plugin/monitoring/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/monitoring/rest/action/RestMonitoringBulkActionTests.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class RestMonitoringBulkActionTests extends ESTestCase {
         final FakeRestRequest request = createRestRequest(randomSystemId(), TEMPLATE_VERSION, "10s");
         final RestResponse restResponse = getRestBuilderListener(request).buildResponse(response);
 
-        assertThat(restResponse.status(), is(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        assertThat(restResponse.status(), is(RestStatus.OK));
         assertThat(restResponse.content().utf8ToString(),
                 is("{\"took\":" + response.getTookInMillis() + ",\"ignored\":true,\"errors\":false}"));
     }