diff --git a/src/nm-cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c b/src/nm-cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
index b3db93e058..db123f1033 100644
--- a/src/nm-cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
+++ b/src/nm-cloud-setup/nm-http-client.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ nm_http_client_req(NMHttpClient       *self,
 
     nmcs_wait_for_objects_register(edata->task);
 
-    _LOG2D(edata, "start get ...");
+    _LOG2D(edata, "start %s ...", http_method ?: "get");
 
     edata->ehandle = curl_easy_init();
     if (!edata->ehandle) {
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ nm_http_client_poll_req(NMHttpClient               *self,
         .check_user_data    = check_user_data,
         .response_code      = -1,
         .http_headers       = NULL,
+        .http_method        = http_method,
     };
 
     if (http_headers) {