diff --git a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
index bedf8ea0d27..8a0bf91d6da 100755
--- a/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
+++ b/cloudinit/sources/DataSourceAzure.py
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ def _wait_for_all_nics_ready(self):
             if nl_sock:
                 nl_sock.close()
 
+    @azure_ds_telemetry_reporter
     def _poll_imds(self):
         """Poll IMDS for the new provisioning data until we get a valid
         response. Then return the returned JSON object."""