diff --git a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
index b5033180345..d832c1c7991 100644
--- a/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/core/mac/data_poll_handler.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::RequestFrameChange(FrameChange aChange, Child &aChild)
     }
     else
     {
+        ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
         mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
     }
 }
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError,
     {
         aChild.SetFramePurgePending(false);
         aChild.SetFrameReplacePending(false);
-        aChild.ResetIndirectTxAttempts();
+        ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
         mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
         ExitNow();
     }
@@ -243,10 +244,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -265,7 +263,7 @@ void DataPollHandler::HandleSentFrame(const Mac::TxFrame &aFrame, Error aError,
         if (aChild.IsFrameReplacePending())
         {
             aChild.SetFrameReplacePending(false);
-            aChild.ResetIndirectTxAttempts();
+            ResetTxAttempts(aChild);
             mCallbacks.HandleFrameChangeDone(aChild);
             ExitNow();
         }
@@ -330,6 +328,15 @@ 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 da7f744b76e..0bc58d3e839 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