diff --git a/app/controllers/devise/two_factor_authentication_controller.rb b/app/controllers/devise/two_factor_authentication_controller.rb
index 0f16a2e..9430d6a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/devise/two_factor_authentication_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/devise/two_factor_authentication_controller.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class Devise::TwoFactorAuthenticationController < DeviseController
     @limit = resource.max_login_attempts
     if resource.max_login_attempts?
       sign_out(resource)
-      render :max_login_attempts_reached and return
+      render :max_login_attempts_reached, status: :unprocessable_entity and return
     end
   end