diff --git a/src/core/thread/mesh_forwarder.cpp b/src/core/thread/mesh_forwarder.cpp
index 9c7945498..dd805404c 100644
--- a/src/core/thread/mesh_forwarder.cpp
+++ b/src/core/thread/mesh_forwarder.cpp
@@ -2338,7 +2338,8 @@ void MeshForwarder::HandleDataRequest(const Mac::Address &aMacSource, const otTh
 
     mScheduleTransmissionTask.Post();
 
-    otLogInfoMac(GetInstance(), "Rx data poll, src:0x%04x, qed_msgs:%d", child->GetRloc16(), indirectMsgCount);
+    otLogInfoMac(GetInstance(), "Rx data poll, src:0x%04x, qed_msgs:%d, rss:%d", child->GetRloc16(), indirectMsgCount,
+                 aLinkInfo.mRss);
 
 exit:
     return;