diff --git a/src/libmsc/gsm_04_08_cc.c b/src/libmsc/gsm_04_08_cc.c
index c50ec7f58..a90ddce4c 100644
--- a/src/libmsc/gsm_04_08_cc.c
+++ b/src/libmsc/gsm_04_08_cc.c
@@ -1941,6 +1941,9 @@ static int mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc(struct gsm_network *net, const union mncc_msg *msg)
 
 		/* If subscriber has no conn */
 		if (!msc_a) {
+			/* This condition will return before the common logging of the received MNCC message below, so
+			 * log it now. */
+			LOG_TRANS_CAT(trans, DMNCC, LOGL_DEBUG, "rx %s\n", get_mncc_name(msg->msg_type));
 
 			if (vsub->cs.is_paging) {
 				LOG_TRANS(trans, LOGL_DEBUG,
diff --git a/tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_call.err b/tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_call.err
index 4724ec643..4f8f925c4 100644
--- a/tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_call.err
+++ b/tests/msc_vlr/msc_vlr_test_call.err
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 - standard_lu:
 DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 + mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc: now used by 2 (attached,mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc)
 DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 + CC: now used by 3 (attached,mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc,CC)
 DCC trans(CC:NULL IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 callref-0x423 tid-255) New transaction
+DMNCC trans(CC:NULL IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 callref-0x423 tid-255) rx MNCC_SETUP_REQ
 DPAG Paging: IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 for MNCC: establish call: Starting paging
   paging request (CALL_CONVERSATIONAL) to IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 on UTRAN-Iu
   strcmp(paging_expecting_imsi, vsub->imsi) == 0
@@ -1057,6 +1058,7 @@ DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 - standard_lu:
 DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 + mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc: now used by 2 (attached,mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc)
 DREF VLR subscr IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 + CC: now used by 3 (attached,mncc_tx_to_gsm_cc,CC)
 DCC trans(CC:NULL IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 callref-0x423 tid-255) New transaction
+DMNCC trans(CC:NULL IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 callref-0x423 tid-255) rx MNCC_SETUP_REQ
 DPAG Paging: IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 for MNCC: establish call: Starting paging
   paging request (CALL_CONVERSATIONAL) to IMSI-901700000010650:MSISDN-42342:TMSI-0x03020100 on UTRAN-Iu
   strcmp(paging_expecting_imsi, vsub->imsi) == 0