diff --git a/plugin/pkg/admission/eventratelimit/admission_test.go b/plugin/pkg/admission/eventratelimit/admission_test.go
index 82566eea799..17a72d44b38 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/admission/eventratelimit/admission_test.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/admission/eventratelimit/admission_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package eventratelimit
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@ func TestEventRateLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				if err != nil {
 					statusErr, ok := err.(*errors.StatusError)
-					if ok && statusErr.ErrStatus.Code != errors.StatusTooManyRequests {
+					if ok && statusErr.ErrStatus.Code != http.StatusTooManyRequests {
 						t.Fatalf("%v: Request %v should yield a 429 response: %v", tc.name, rqIndex, err)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors.go
index f4201eb6910..95d5c7a3553 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors/errors.go
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ import (
 const (
 	// StatusTooManyRequests means the server experienced too many requests within a
 	// given window and that the client must wait to perform the action again.
-	StatusTooManyRequests = 429
+	// DEPRECATED: please use http.StatusTooManyRequests, this will be removed in
+	// the future version.
+	StatusTooManyRequests = http.StatusTooManyRequests
 )
 
 // StatusError is an error intended for consumption by a REST API server; it can also be
@@ -349,7 +351,7 @@ func NewTimeoutError(message string, retryAfterSeconds int) *StatusError {
 func NewTooManyRequestsError(message string) *StatusError {
 	return &StatusError{metav1.Status{
 		Status:  metav1.StatusFailure,
-		Code:    StatusTooManyRequests,
+		Code:    http.StatusTooManyRequests,
 		Reason:  metav1.StatusReasonTooManyRequests,
 		Message: fmt.Sprintf("Too many requests: %s", message),
 	}}