diff --git a/api/coreservice.go b/api/coreservice.go
index 21d4a66fde..97f8ec2f82 100644
--- a/api/coreservice.go
+++ b/api/coreservice.go
@@ -561,8 +561,6 @@ func (core *coreService) ReadContract(ctx context.Context, callerAddr address.Ad
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, err.Error())
 	}
-	// ReadContract() is read-only, if no error returned, we consider it a success
-	receipt.Status = uint64(iotextypes.ReceiptStatus_Success)
 	res := iotexapi.ReadContractResponse{
 		Data:    hex.EncodeToString(retval),
 		Receipt: receipt.ConvertToReceiptPb(),
diff --git a/api/grpcserver_integrity_test.go b/api/grpcserver_integrity_test.go
index b3222859e7..b415ac9783 100644
--- a/api/grpcserver_integrity_test.go
+++ b/api/grpcserver_integrity_test.go
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ func TestGrpcServer_ReadContractIntegrity(t *testing.T) {
 		res, err := grpcHandler.ReadContract(context.Background(), request)
 		require.NoError(err)
 		require.Equal(test.retValue, res.Data)
-		require.EqualValues(1, res.Receipt.Status)
+		require.EqualValues(0, res.Receipt.Status)
 		require.Equal(test.actionHash, hex.EncodeToString(res.Receipt.ActHash))
 		require.Equal(test.gasConsumed, res.Receipt.GasConsumed)
 	}
diff --git a/api/web3server.go b/api/web3server.go
index 8a46f6cfb6..f920cc31c9 100644
--- a/api/web3server.go
+++ b/api/web3server.go
@@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ func (svr *web3Handler) call(in *gjson.Result) (interface{}, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if receipt != nil && len(receipt.GetExecutionRevertMsg()) > 0 {
+	if receipt != nil && receipt.Status == uint64(iotextypes.ReceiptStatus_ErrExecutionReverted) {
+		if len(receipt.GetExecutionRevertMsg()) == 0 {
+			return "0x" + ret, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "execution reverted")
+		}
 		return "0x" + ret, status.Error(codes.InvalidArgument, "execution reverted: "+receipt.GetExecutionRevertMsg())
 	}
 	return "0x" + ret, nil
diff --git a/api/web3server_test.go b/api/web3server_test.go
index 902e70fc23..1ad7ea524c 100644
--- a/api/web3server_test.go
+++ b/api/web3server_test.go
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func TestCall(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("revert call", func(t *testing.T) {
 		receipt := &iotextypes.Receipt{
-			Status:             0,
+			Status:             uint64(iotextypes.ReceiptStatus_ErrExecutionReverted),
 			BlkHeight:          0,
 			ActHash:            nil,
 			GasConsumed:        0,