diff --git a/shared/api/status_code.go b/shared/api/status_code.go
index cc9f83f57607..0331c7651ec1 100644
--- a/shared/api/status_code.go
+++ b/shared/api/status_code.go
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func StatusCodeFromString(status string) StatusCode {
 }
 
 // GetAllStatusCodeStrings returns a slice of all status code strings.
-func GetAllStatusCodeStrings() []string {
-	var statusStrings []string
+func GetAllStatusCodeStrings() (statusStrings []string) {
+	statusStrings = make([]string, 0, len(StatusCodeNames))
 	for _, code := range StatusCodeNames {
 		statusStrings = append(statusStrings, code)
 	}