diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/SAML20/AuthnResponse.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/SAML20/AuthnResponse.php
index 080d5ea3d0793c02e924b7e4592cb6e8adc04d14..59a967e616d98b694b9a0d0f7208f11075c6004d 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/SAML20/AuthnResponse.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/XML/SAML20/AuthnResponse.php
@@ -737,8 +737,8 @@ class SimpleSAML_XML_SAML20_AuthnResponse extends SimpleSAML_XML_AuthnResponse {
 			$statusCode = '<samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Success"/>';
 		} else {
 			$statusCode = '<samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:Responder">
-				<samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:' . $status . '"/>;
-				</samlp:statusCode>';
+				<samlp:StatusCode Value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:status:' . $status . '"/>
+				</samlp:StatusCode>';
 		}