* leaving this function.
         */
        ecu = j1939_ecu_get_by_name_locked(priv, name);
+
+       if (ecu && ecu->addr == skcb->addr.sa) {
+               /* The ISO 11783-5 standard, in "4.5.2 - Address claim
+                * requirements", states:
+                *   d) No CF shall begin, or resume, transmission on the
+                *      network until 250 ms after it has successfully claimed
+                *      an address except when responding to a request for
+                *      address-claimed.
+                *
+                * But "Figure 6" and "Figure 7" in "4.5.4.2 - Address-claim
+                * prioritization" show that the CF begins the transmission
+                * after 250 ms from the first AC (address-claimed) message
+                * even if it sends another AC message during that time window
+                * to resolve the address contention with another CF.
+                *
+                * As stated in "4.4.2.3 - Address-claimed message":
+                *   In order to successfully claim an address, the CF sending
+                *   an address claimed message shall not receive a contending
+                *   claim from another CF for at least 250 ms.
+                *
+                * As stated in "4.4.3.2 - NAME management (NM) message":
+                *   1) A commanding CF can
+                *      d) request that a CF with a specified NAME transmit
+                *         the address-claimed message with its current NAME.
+                *   2) A target CF shall
+                *      d) send an address-claimed message in response to a
+                *         request for a matching NAME
+                *
+                * Taking the above arguments into account, the 250 ms wait is
+                * requested only during network initialization.
+                *
+                * Do not restart the timer on AC message if both the NAME and
+                * the address match and so if the address has already been
+                * claimed (timer has expired) or the AC message has been sent
+                * to resolve the contention with another CF (timer is still
+                * running).
+                */
+               goto out_ecu_put;
+       }
+
        if (!ecu && j1939_address_is_unicast(skcb->addr.sa))
                ecu = j1939_ecu_create_locked(priv, name);