diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
index 55269210d77..0c00fe87be9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
@@ -887,8 +887,7 @@ def fetch_url(module, url, data=None, headers=None, method=None,
                      url_password=password, http_agent=http_agent, force_basic_auth=force_basic_auth,
                      follow_redirects=follow_redirects)
         info.update(r.info())
-        info['url'] = r.geturl()  # The URL goes in too, because of redirects.
-        info.update(dict(msg="OK (%s bytes)" % r.headers.get('Content-Length', 'unknown'), status=200))
+        info.update(dict(msg="OK (%s bytes)" % r.headers.get('Content-Length', 'unknown'), url=r.geturl(), status=r.getcode()))
     except NoSSLError, e:
         distribution = get_distribution()
         if distribution is not None and distribution.lower() == 'redhat':
diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_uri/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_uri/tasks/main.yml
index 8891bff00e0..a9db1dedb00 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_uri/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_uri/tasks/main.yml
@@ -279,3 +279,10 @@
     state: absent
   with_items: "{{ uri_os_packages[ansible_os_family] }}"
   when: not ansible_python.has_sslcontext and not is_ubuntu_precise|bool
+
+- name: validate the status_codes are correct
+  uri:
+    url: https://httpbin.org/status/202
+    status_code: 202
+    method: POST
+    body: foo