diff --git a/include/zephyr/net/capture.h b/include/zephyr/net/capture.h
index 476f7b6729..eb3cd32973 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/net/capture.h
+++ b/include/zephyr/net/capture.h
@@ -211,6 +211,31 @@ static inline void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 }
 #endif
 
+/** @cond INTERNAL_HIDDEN */
+
+/**
+ * @brief Special variant for net_capture_pkt() which returns the status
+ *        of the send message.
+ *
+ * @param iface Network interface the packet is being sent
+ * @param pkt The network packet that is sent
+ *
+ * @return 0 if captured packet was handled ok, <0 if the capture failed
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_CAPTURE)
+int net_capture_pkt_with_status(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt);
+#else
+static inline int net_capture_pkt_with_status(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
+{
+	ARG_UNUSED(iface);
+	ARG_UNUSED(pkt);
+
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+#endif
+
+/** @endcond */
+
 /** The type and direction of the captured data. */
 enum net_capture_packet_type {
 	NET_CAPTURE_HOST,      /**< Packet was sent to us by somebody else */
diff --git a/subsys/net/lib/capture/capture.c b/subsys/net/lib/capture/capture.c
index c0f5ddd056..d786dca336 100644
--- a/subsys/net/lib/capture/capture.c
+++ b/subsys/net/lib/capture/capture.c
@@ -503,18 +503,19 @@ static int capture_disable(const struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
+int net_capture_pkt_with_status(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 {
 	struct k_mem_slab *orig_slab;
 	struct net_pkt *captured;
 	sys_snode_t *sn, *sns;
 	bool skip_clone = false;
+	int ret = -ENOENT;
 
 	/* We must prevent to capture network packet that is already captured
 	 * in order to avoid recursion.
 	 */
 	if (net_pkt_is_captured(pkt)) {
-		return;
+		return -EALREADY;
 	}
 
 	k_mutex_lock(&lock, K_FOREVER);
@@ -522,7 +523,6 @@ void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 	SYS_SLIST_FOR_EACH_NODE_SAFE(&net_capture_devlist, sn, sns) {
 		struct net_capture *ctx = CONTAINER_OF(sn, struct net_capture,
 						       node);
-		int ret;
 
 		if (!ctx->in_use || !ctx->is_enabled ||
 		    ctx->capture_iface != iface) {
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 			if (captured == NULL) {
 				NET_DBG("Captured pkt %s", "dropped");
 				/* TODO: update capture data statistics */
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
@@ -560,7 +561,9 @@ void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 
 		ret = net_capture_send(ctx->dev, ctx->tunnel_iface, captured);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			net_pkt_unref(captured);
+			if (!skip_clone) {
+				net_pkt_unref(captured);
+			}
 		}
 
 		net_pkt_set_cooked_mode(pkt, false);
@@ -570,6 +573,13 @@ void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
 
 out:
 	k_mutex_unlock(&lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+void net_capture_pkt(struct net_if *iface, struct net_pkt *pkt)
+{
+	(void)net_capture_pkt_with_status(iface, pkt);
 }
 
 static int capture_dev_init(const struct device *dev)