diff --git a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
index e86d91707520..8449cf3199b2 100644
--- a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::RequestFrameChange(FrameChange aChange, Child &aChild)
     }
     else
     {
+        ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
         mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
     }
 }
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError,
     {
         aChild.SetFramePurgePending(false);
         aChild.SetFrameReplacePending(false);
+        ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
         mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
         ExitNow();
     }
@@ -247,10 +249,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError,
     switch (aError)
     {
     case kErrorNone:
-        aChild.ResetIndirectTxAttempts();
-#if OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_TRANSMITTER_ENABLE
-        aChild.ResetCslTxAttempts();
-#endif
+        ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
         aChild.SetFrameReplacePending(false);
         break;
 
@@ -269,6 +268,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError,
         if (aChild.IsFrameReplacePending())
         {
             aChild.SetFrameReplacePending(false);
+            ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
             mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
             ExitNow();
         }
@@ -333,6 +333,15 @@ void DataPollHandler::ProcessPendingPolls(void)
     }
 }
 
+void DataPollHandler::ResetTxAttempts(Child &aChild)
+{
+    aChild.ResetIndirectTxAttempts();
+
+#if OPENTHREAD_CONFIG_MAC_CSL_TRANSMITTER_ENABLE
+    aChild.ResetCslTxAttempts();
+#endif
+}
+
 } // namespace ot
 
 #endif // #if OPENTHREAD_FTD
diff --git a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.hpp b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.hpp
index da7f744b76ea..0bc58d3e8390 100644
--- a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.hpp
+++ b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.hpp
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ class DataPollHandler : public InstanceLocator, private NonCopyable
 
     void HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError, Child &aChild);
     void ProcessPendingPolls(void);
+    void ResetTxAttempts(Child &aChild);
 
     // In the current implementation of `DataPollHandler`, we can have a
     // single indirect tx operation active at MAC layer at each point of