diff --git a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_thread_networks.py b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_thread_networks.py
index 63992ae65..d7ebc8066 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_thread_networks.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/border_router/test_multi_thread_networks.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ class MultiThreadNetworks(thread_cert.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(router2.ping(router1.get_ip6_address(config.ADDRESS_TYPE.OMR)[0]))
         self.verify_border_routing_counters(br1, {'inbound_unicast': 1, 'outbound_unicast': 1})
         self.verify_border_routing_counters(br2, {'inbound_unicast': 1, 'outbound_unicast': 1})
+        self.assertGreater(br1.get_border_routing_counters()['ra_rx'], 0)
+        self.assertGreater(br1.get_border_routing_counters()['ra_tx_success'], 0)
+        self.assertGreater(br1.get_border_routing_counters()['rs_tx_success'], 0)
 
     def verify_border_routing_counters(self, br, expect_delta):
         delta_counters = br.read_border_routing_counters_delta()
diff --git a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
index 8b6ae87d5..1904c7199 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/thread-cert/node.py
@@ -382,9 +382,15 @@ class OtbrDocker:
             'inbound_unicast': counters[0],
             'inbound_multicast': counters[1],
             'outbound_unicast': counters[2],
-            'outbound_multicast': counters[3]
+            'outbound_multicast': counters[3],
+            'ra_rx': counters[4],
+            'ra_tx_success': counters[5],
+            'ra_tx_failure': counters[6],
+            'rs_rx': counters[7],
+            'rs_tx_success': counters[8],
+            'rs_tx_failure': counters[9],
         }
-        logging.info(f'counters =  {counters} ')
+        logging.info(f'border routing counters: {counters}')
         return counters
 
     def _process_traffic_counters(self, counter):
@@ -469,7 +475,9 @@ class OtbrDocker:
                     assert (key in new_counters)
                     value = [new_counters[key][0] - old_counters[key][0], new_counters[key][1] - old_counters[key][1]]
                     delta_counters[key] = value
-        delta_counters = {key: value for key, value in delta_counters.items() if value[0] and value[1]}
+        delta_counters = {
+            key: value for key, value in delta_counters.items() if not isinstance(value, int) and value[0] and value[1]
+        }
 
         return delta_counters