diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_status.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_status.erl
index a34c8b757..882fd271c 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_status.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_status.erl
@@ -53,12 +53,18 @@ schema("/status") ->
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 running_status(get, _Params) ->
-    {InternalStatus, _ProvidedStatus} = init:get_status(),
+    BrokerStatus =
+        case emqx:is_running() of
+            true ->
+                started;
+            false ->
+                stopped
+        end,
     AppStatus =
         case lists:keysearch(emqx, 1, application:which_applications()) of
             false         -> not_running;
             {value, _Val} -> running
         end,
-    Status = io_lib:format("Node ~ts is ~ts~nemqx is ~ts", [node(), InternalStatus, AppStatus]),
+    Status = io_lib:format("Node ~ts is ~ts~nemqx is ~ts", [node(), BrokerStatus, AppStatus]),
     Body = list_to_binary(Status),
     {200, #{<<"content-type">> => <<"text/plain">>}, Body}.
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_status_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_status_SUITE.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7f77a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/test/emqx_mgmt_api_status_SUITE.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2020-2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(emqx_mgmt_api_status_SUITE).
+
+-compile(export_all).
+-compile(nowarn_export_all).
+
+-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
+
+all() ->
+    emqx_common_test_helpers:all(?MODULE).
+
+init_per_suite(Config) ->
+    emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:init_suite(),
+    Config.
+
+end_per_suite(_) ->
+    emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:end_suite().
+
+t_status(_Config) ->
+    Path = emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:api_path(["status"]),
+    Status = io_lib:format("Node ~ts is ~ts~nemqx is ~ts", [node(), started, running]),
+    {ok, Status} = emqx_mgmt_api_test_util:request_api(get, Path),
+    ok.