diff --git a/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter.rb b/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter.rb
index 1bf1dca8333..c4a18c264ce 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def request(event)
             seq_id = self.class.sequence.next
             payload = Request.build_payload(event, seq_id)
             res = @http_transport.request(request_type: event.type, payload: payload.to_json)
-            Datadog.logger.debug { "Telemetry sent for event `#{event.type}` (status code: #{res.code})" }
+            Datadog.logger.debug { "Telemetry sent for event `#{event.type}` (code: #{res.code.inspect})" }
             res
           rescue => e
             Datadog.logger.debug("Unable to send telemetry request for event `#{event.type rescue 'unknown'}`: #{e}")
diff --git a/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/http/response.rb b/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/http/response.rb
index 81a1025647b..696ecd1432d 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/http/response.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/core/telemetry/http/response.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ def internal_error?
             nil
           end
 
+          def code
+            nil
+          end
+
           def inspect
             "#{self.class} ok?:#{ok?} unsupported?:#{unsupported?}, " \
             "not_found?:#{not_found?}, client_error?:#{client_error?}, " \
diff --git a/spec/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter_spec.rb
index 3aedf0cb1e3..e7373a5874f 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/core/telemetry/emitter_spec.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,21 @@
             expect(emitter.class.sequence.instance_variable_get(:@current)).to be(original_seq_id + 1)
           end
         end
+
+        context 'when call is not successful and debug logging is enabled' do
+          let(:response) do
+            Datadog::Core::Telemetry::Http::InternalErrorResponse.new(StandardError.new('Failed call'))
+          end
+
+          it 'logs the request correctly' do
+            log_message = nil
+            expect(Datadog.logger).to receive(:debug) { |&message| log_message = message.call }
+
+            request
+
+            expect(log_message).to match('Telemetry sent for event')
+          end
+        end
       end
     end