diff --git a/lib/liveValidation/liveValidator.ts b/lib/liveValidation/liveValidator.ts
index 23f070a4..66283ec1 100644
--- a/lib/liveValidation/liveValidator.ts
+++ b/lib/liveValidation/liveValidator.ts
@@ -372,15 +372,7 @@ export class LiveValidator {
     }
     let errors: LiveValidationIssue[] = [];
     let runtimeException;
-    // If status code is passed as a status code string (e.g. "OK") transform it to the status code
-    // number (e.g. '200').
-    if (
-      !http.STATUS_CODES[liveResponse.statusCode] &&
-      utils.statusCodeStringToStatusCode[liveResponse.statusCode.toLowerCase()]
-    ) {
-      liveResponse.statusCode =
-        utils.statusCodeStringToStatusCode[liveResponse.statusCode.toLowerCase()];
-    }
+    this.transformResponseStatusCode(liveResponse);
     try {
       errors = await validateSwaggerLiveResponse(
         liveResponse,
@@ -466,6 +458,7 @@ export class LiveValidator {
 
     const request = requestResponseObj.liveRequest;
     const response = requestResponseObj.liveResponse;
+    this.transformResponseStatusCode(response);
 
     const requestValidationResult = await this.validateLiveRequest(request, {
       ...options,
@@ -495,6 +488,18 @@ export class LiveValidator {
     };
   }
 
+  private transformResponseStatusCode(liveResponse: LiveResponse) {
+    // If status code is passed as a status code string (e.g. "OK") transform it to the status code
+    // number (e.g. '200').
+    if (
+      !http.STATUS_CODES[liveResponse.statusCode] &&
+      utils.statusCodeStringToStatusCode[liveResponse.statusCode.toLowerCase()]
+    ) {
+      liveResponse.statusCode =
+        utils.statusCodeStringToStatusCode[liveResponse.statusCode.toLowerCase()];
+    }
+  }
+
   private getOperationInfo(
     request: { url: string; method: string },
     correlationId: string,
diff --git a/test/liveValidation/payloads/fooResourceProvider_input.json b/test/liveValidation/payloads/fooResourceProvider_input.json
index f5343b4e..33d46a10 100644
--- a/test/liveValidation/payloads/fooResourceProvider_input.json
+++ b/test/liveValidation/payloads/fooResourceProvider_input.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     }
   },
   "liveResponse": {
-    "statusCode": "200",
+    "statusCode": "OK",
     "headers": {
       "x-ms-request-id": "8e3485b6-c8a7-45c2-a9f5-59b826e42880",
       "x-ms-correlation-request-id": "8e3485b6-c8a7-45c2-a9f5-59b826e42880",
diff --git a/test/liveValidatorTests.ts b/test/liveValidatorTests.ts
index d9fd6ad5..51763848 100644
--- a/test/liveValidatorTests.ts
+++ b/test/liveValidatorTests.ts
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ describe("Live Validator", () => {
           },
         },
       });
-      // Should be able to find Microsoft.Storage with 2015-05-01-preview api version succesfully
+      // Should be able to find Microsoft.Storage with 2015-05-01-preview api version successfully
       const errors = result.responseValidationResult.errors;
       assert.deepStrictEqual(errors, []);
       assert.equal(result.responseValidationResult.isSuccessful, true);
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@ describe("Live Validator", () => {
         throw new Error("runtimeException === undefined");
       }
       assert.strictEqual(runtimeException.code, "OPERATION_NOT_FOUND_IN_CACHE_WITH_PROVIDER");
+      assert.strictEqual(payload.liveResponse.statusCode, "200");
     });
 
     it(`should not report error in response when both x-ms-secret and requried are declared`, async () => {