diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/adv.c b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/adv.c
index ac72ec09c7..a697c5e860 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/adv.c
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/adv.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static void ble_mesh_relay_task_post(bt_mesh_msg_t *msg, uint32_t timeout)
         BT_INFO("Full queue, remove the oldest relay packet");
         /* Remove the oldest relay packet from queue */
         if (xQueueReceive(relay_queue.handle, &old_msg, K_NO_WAIT) != pdTRUE) {
-            BT_ERR("Failed to remove item from queue");
+            BT_ERR("Failed to remove item from relay queue");
             bt_mesh_unref_buf(msg);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/net.c b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/net.c
index 78a809c85b..f8a4c71047 100644
--- a/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/net.c
+++ b/components/bt/esp_ble_mesh/mesh_core/net.c
@@ -828,6 +828,12 @@ int bt_mesh_net_resend(struct bt_mesh_subnet *sub, struct net_buf *buf,
         return 0;
     }
 
+    if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLE_MESH_GATT_PROXY_CLIENT) &&
+        bt_mesh_proxy_client_relay(&buf->b, dst)) {
+        send_cb_finalize(cb, cb_data);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     bt_mesh_adv_send(buf, cb, cb_data);
     return 0;
 }