diff --git a/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp b/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
index 2a5dd2f3216932..e48a4ef4330b6d 100644
--- a/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/app/InteractionModelEngine.cpp
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ Status InteractionModelEngine::OnUnsolicitedReportData(Messaging::ExchangeContex
     ReportDataMessage::Parser report;
     VerifyOrReturnError(report.Init(reader) == CHIP_NO_ERROR, Status::InvalidAction);
 
+#if CHIP_CONFIG_IM_PRETTY_PRINT
+    report.PrettyPrint();
+#endif
+
     SubscriptionId subscriptionId = 0;
     VerifyOrReturnError(report.GetSubscriptionId(&subscriptionId) == CHIP_NO_ERROR, Status::InvalidAction);
     VerifyOrReturnError(report.ExitContainer() == CHIP_NO_ERROR, Status::InvalidAction);
diff --git a/src/app/ReadClient.cpp b/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
index acfa30a5e0701d..21eb83f65ad584 100644
--- a/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
+++ b/src/app/ReadClient.cpp
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ CHIP_ERROR ReadClient::OnMessageReceived(Messaging::ExchangeContext * apExchange
 
     if (aPayloadHeader.HasMessageType(Protocols::InteractionModel::MsgType::ReportData))
     {
-        err = ProcessReportData(std::move(aPayload));
+        err = ProcessReportData(std::move(aPayload), ReportType::kContinuingTransaction);
     }
     else if (aPayloadHeader.HasMessageType(Protocols::InteractionModel::MsgType::SubscribeResponse))
     {
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ void ReadClient::OnUnsolicitedReportData(Messaging::ExchangeContext * apExchange
     //
     mReadPrepareParams.mSessionHolder.Grab(mExchange->GetSessionHandle());
 
-    CHIP_ERROR err = ProcessReportData(std::move(aPayload));
+    CHIP_ERROR err = ProcessReportData(std::move(aPayload), ReportType::kUnsolicited);
     if (err != CHIP_NO_ERROR)
     {
         if (err == CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_SUBSCRIPTION)
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ void ReadClient::OnUnsolicitedReportData(Messaging::ExchangeContext * apExchange
     }
 }
 
-CHIP_ERROR ReadClient::ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload)
+CHIP_ERROR ReadClient::ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload, ReportType aReportType)
 {
     CHIP_ERROR err = CHIP_NO_ERROR;
     ReportDataMessage::Parser report;
@@ -518,7 +518,10 @@ CHIP_ERROR ReadClient::ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload)
     SuccessOrExit(err);
 
 #if CHIP_CONFIG_IM_PRETTY_PRINT
-    report.PrettyPrint();
+    if (aReportType != ReportType::kUnsolicited)
+    {
+        report.PrettyPrint();
+    }
 #endif
 
     err = report.GetSuppressResponse(&suppressResponse);
diff --git a/src/app/ReadClient.h b/src/app/ReadClient.h
index 0fa98b02b6e7dc..f45b8b1448cc2e 100644
--- a/src/app/ReadClient.h
+++ b/src/app/ReadClient.h
@@ -447,6 +447,14 @@ class ReadClient : public Messaging::ExchangeDelegate
         SubscriptionActive,        ///< The client is maintaining subscription
     };
 
+    enum class ReportType
+    {
+        // kUnsolicited reports are the first message in an exchange.
+        kUnsolicited,
+        // kContinuingTransaction reports are responses to a message we sent.
+        kContinuingTransaction
+    };
+
     bool IsMatchingSubscriptionId(SubscriptionId aSubscriptionId)
     {
         return aSubscriptionId == mSubscriptionId && mInteractionType == InteractionType::Subscribe;
@@ -486,7 +494,7 @@ class ReadClient : public Messaging::ExchangeDelegate
     void CancelResubscribeTimer();
     void MoveToState(const ClientState aTargetState);
     CHIP_ERROR ProcessAttributePath(AttributePathIB::Parser & aAttributePath, ConcreteDataAttributePath & aClusterInfo);
-    CHIP_ERROR ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload);
+    CHIP_ERROR ProcessReportData(System::PacketBufferHandle && aPayload, ReportType aReportType);
     const char * GetStateStr() const;
 
     /*
diff --git a/src/app/tests/TestReadInteraction.cpp b/src/app/tests/TestReadInteraction.cpp
index 57dd270f779dd8..5a5073f1f04059 100644
--- a/src/app/tests/TestReadInteraction.cpp
+++ b/src/app/tests/TestReadInteraction.cpp
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void TestReadInteraction::TestReadClient(nlTestSuite * apSuite, void * apContext
     ctx.DrainAndServiceIO();
 
     GenerateReportData(apSuite, apContext, buf, false /*aNeedInvalidReport*/, true /* aSuppressResponse*/);
-    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf));
+    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf), ReadClient::ReportType::kContinuingTransaction);
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_NO_ERROR);
 }
 
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ void TestReadInteraction::TestReadUnexpectedSubscriptionId(nlTestSuite * apSuite
     // For read, we don't expect there is subscription id in report data.
     GenerateReportData(apSuite, apContext, buf, false /*aNeedInvalidReport*/, true /* aSuppressResponse*/,
                        true /*aHasSubscriptionId*/);
-    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf));
+    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf), ReadClient::ReportType::kContinuingTransaction);
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
 }
 
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ void TestReadInteraction::TestReadClientInvalidReport(nlTestSuite * apSuite, voi
 
     GenerateReportData(apSuite, apContext, buf, true /*aNeedInvalidReport*/, true /* aSuppressResponse*/);
 
-    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf));
+    err = readClient.ProcessReportData(std::move(buf), ReadClient::ReportType::kContinuingTransaction);
     NL_TEST_ASSERT(apSuite, err == CHIP_ERROR_IM_MALFORMED_ATTRIBUTE_PATH_IB);
 }