diff --git a/log_middleware.go b/log_middleware.go
index 4ba9a17..6b5089c 100644
--- a/log_middleware.go
+++ b/log_middleware.go
@@ -67,8 +67,11 @@ func buildSkipCache(cfg LogMiddlewareConfig) ([]*regexp.Regexp, error) {
 func (mw *LogMiddleware) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	start := time.Now()
 
+	lrw := &logResponseWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
+
 	defer func() {
 		if rec := recover(); rec != nil {
+			lrw.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 			// See: https://pkg.go.dev/net/http#ErrAbortHandler
 			if recErr, ok := rec.(error); ok && errors.Is(recErr, http.ErrAbortHandler) {
 				AccessAborted(r, start)
@@ -78,7 +81,6 @@ func (mw *LogMiddleware) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	lrw := &logResponseWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
 	mw.Next.ServeHTTP(lrw, r)
 
 	level := logrus.InfoLevel
diff --git a/log_middleware_test.go b/log_middleware_test.go
index 280fdb4..5f137ab 100644
--- a/log_middleware_test.go
+++ b/log_middleware_test.go
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ func Test_LogMiddleware_Panic(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 
 	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://www.example.org/foo", nil)
+	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
-	lm.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), r)
+	lm.ServeHTTP(resp, r)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusInternalServerError, resp.Result().StatusCode)
 
 	data := logRecordFromBuffer(b)
 
@@ -101,8 +104,11 @@ func Test_LogMiddleware_Panic_ErrAbortHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}))
 
 	r, _ := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://www.example.org/foo", nil)
+	resp := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
-	lm.ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), r)
+	lm.ServeHTTP(resp, r)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusInternalServerError, resp.Result().StatusCode)
 
 	data := logRecordFromBuffer(b)