diff --git a/prdoc/pr_6603.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_6603.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20c5e7294dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_6603.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Schema: Polkadot SDK PRDoc Schema (prdoc) v1.0.0
+# See doc at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/master/prdoc/schema_user.json
+
+title: Always provide main protocol name in litep2p responses
+
+doc:
+  - audience: [ Node Dev, Node Operator ]
+    description: |
+      This PR aligns litep2p behavior with libp2p. Previously, litep2p network backend
+      would provide the actual negotiated request-response protocol that produced a
+      response message. After this PR, only the main protocol name is reported to other
+      subsystems.
+
+crates:
+  - name: sc-network
+    bump: patch
diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
index bfd7a60ef9fe..146f2e4add97 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/litep2p/shim/request_response/mod.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ impl RequestResponseProtocol {
 		&mut self,
 		peer: litep2p::PeerId,
 		request_id: RequestId,
-		fallback: Option<litep2p::ProtocolName>,
+		_fallback: Option<litep2p::ProtocolName>,
 		response: Vec<u8>,
 	) {
 		match self.pending_inbound_responses.remove(&request_id) {
@@ -337,10 +337,7 @@ impl RequestResponseProtocol {
 					response.len(),
 				);
 
-				let _ = tx.send(Ok((
-					response,
-					fallback.map_or_else(|| self.protocol.clone(), Into::into),
-				)));
+				let _ = tx.send(Ok((response, self.protocol.clone())));
 				self.metrics.register_outbound_request_success(started.elapsed());
 			},
 		}