diff --git a/src/cli/cli.cpp b/src/cli/cli.cpp
index ccec36f2b..144f366d6 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -2433,8 +2433,8 @@ void Interpreter::ProcessPromiscuous(uint8_t aArgsLength, char *aArgs[])
     {
         if (strcmp(aArgs[0], "enable") == 0)
         {
-            otLinkSetPcapCallback(mInstance, &HandleLinkPcapReceive, this);
             SuccessOrExit(error = otLinkSetPromiscuous(mInstance, true));
+            otLinkSetPcapCallback(mInstance, &HandleLinkPcapReceive, this);
         }
         else if (strcmp(aArgs[0], "disable") == 0)
         {
diff --git a/tests/scripts/expect/cli-2-nodes.exp b/tests/scripts/expect/cli-2-nodes.exp
index 3ec38ccd8..94a2ae222 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/expect/cli-2-nodes.exp
+++ b/tests/scripts/expect/cli-2-nodes.exp
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ proc wait_for {command expected} {
 set timeout 1
 spawn $env(OT_COMMAND) 1
 set spawn_1 $spawn_id
-expect_after {
-    timeout { exit 1 }
-}
 spawn $env(OT_COMMAND) 2
 set spawn_2 $spawn_id
+spawn $env(OT_COMMAND) 3
+set spawn_3 $spawn_id
 expect_after {
     timeout { exit 1 }
 }
@@ -84,6 +83,10 @@ expect "Done"
 expect "Commissioner: active"
 send "commissioner joiner add $eui64 $psk\n"
 expect "Done"
+send "channel\n"
+expect -re {(\d+)}
+set channel $expect_out(1,string)
+expect "Done"
 
 set spawn_id $spawn_2
 send "mode rs\n"
@@ -97,6 +100,12 @@ send "thread start\n"
 expect "Done"
 wait_for "state" "child"
 
+set spawn_id $spawn_3
+send "channel $channel\n"
+expect "Done"
+send "promiscuous enable\n"
+expect "Done"
+
 
 # ping
 set spawn_id $spawn_2
@@ -107,12 +116,19 @@ set addr $expect_out(1,string)
 set spawn_id $spawn_1
 send "ping $addr\n"
 expect "16 bytes from $addr: icmp_seq=1"
-send "ping $addr 20 10 0.123456 255\n"
+send "ping $addr 20 10 0.00123456 255\n"
 for {set i 2} {$i <= 11} {incr i} {
     expect "28 bytes from $addr: icmp_seq=$i"
 }
 
 
+# pcap receive
+set spawn_id $spawn_3
+expect -re {={44}\[len =\s+\d+]={28}}
+expect -re {\|( ([0-9A-Z]{2}|\.\.)){16}\|( .){16}\|}
+expect -re {-{83}}
+
+
 # child
 set spawn_id $spawn_2
 send "extaddr\n"