diff --git a/app/vminsert/main.go b/app/vminsert/main.go
index 8cc558a8a..bef9f8c2f 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/main.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/main.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 			httpserver.Errorf(w, "error in %q: %s", r.URL.Path, err)
 			return true
 		}
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
 		return true
 	case "influx/write", "influx/api/v2/write":
 		influxWriteRequests.Inc()