diff --git a/src/adapter/z-stack/adapter/zStackAdapter.ts b/src/adapter/z-stack/adapter/zStackAdapter.ts
index 94b8dec439..f2ca0ae104 100644
--- a/src/adapter/z-stack/adapter/zStackAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/adapter/z-stack/adapter/zStackAdapter.ts
@@ -501,6 +501,20 @@ class ZStackAdapter extends Adapter {
             } catch (error) {
                 debug('Response timeout (%s:%d,%d)', ieeeAddr, networkAddress, responseAttempt);
                 if (responseAttempt < 1 && !disableRecovery) {
+                    // No response could be because the radio of the end device is turned off:
+                    // Sometimes the coordinator does not properly set the PENDING flag.
+                    // Try to rewrite the device entry in the association table, this fixes it sometimes.
+                    const match =  await this.znp.request(
+                        Subsystem.UTIL, 'assocGetWithAddress',{extaddr: ieeeAddr, nwkaddr: networkAddress}
+                    );
+                    debug(`Response timeout recovery: Node relation ${match.payload.noderelation} (${ieeeAddr})`);
+                    if (this.supportsAssocAdd() && this.supportsAssocRemove() && match.payload.noderelation == 1) {
+                        debug(`Response timeout recovery: Rewrite association table entry (${ieeeAddr})`);
+                        await this.znp.request(Subsystem.UTIL, 'assocRemove', {ieeeadr: ieeeAddr});
+                        assocRestore =
+                            {ieeeadr: ieeeAddr, nwkaddr: networkAddress, noderelation: match.payload.noderelation};
+                        await this.znp.request(Subsystem.UTIL, 'assocAdd', assocRestore);
+                    }
                     // No response could be of invalid route, e.g. when message is send to wrong parent of end device.
                     await this.discoverRoute(networkAddress);
                     return this.sendZclFrameToEndpointInternal(
diff --git a/test/adapter/z-stack/adapter.test.ts b/test/adapter/z-stack/adapter.test.ts
index 451157f2d9..85ed6ec299 100644
--- a/test/adapter/z-stack/adapter.test.ts
+++ b/test/adapter/z-stack/adapter.test.ts
@@ -2453,6 +2453,34 @@ describe("zstack-adapter", () => {
         basicMocks();
         await adapter.start();
 
+        mockZnpRequest.mockClear();
+        assocGetWithAddressNodeRelation = 2;
+        const responseMismatchFrame = Zcl.ZclFrame.create(Zcl.FrameType.GLOBAL, Zcl.Direction.SERVER_TO_CLIENT, true, null, 102, 'readRsp', 0, [{attrId: 0, attrData: 5, dataType: 32, status: 0}]);
+        const frame = Zcl.ZclFrame.create(Zcl.FrameType.GLOBAL, Zcl.Direction.CLIENT_TO_SERVER, false, null, 100, 'read', 0, [{attrId: 0}]);
+        const objectMismatch = {type: Type.AREQ, subsystem: Subsystem.AF, command: 'incomingMsg', payload: {clusterid: 0, srcendpoint: 20, srcaddr: 2, linkquality: 101, groupid: 12, data: responseMismatchFrame.toBuffer()}};
+        let error;
+        try {
+            mockSetTimeout();
+            const response = adapter.sendZclFrameToEndpoint('0x02', 2, 20, frame, 1, false, false);
+            znpReceived(objectMismatch);
+            await response;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = e;
+        }
+
+        expect(mockQueueExecute.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe(2);
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toBeCalledTimes(4);
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 4, "dataRequest", {"clusterid": 0, "data": frame.toBuffer(), "destendpoint": 20, "dstaddr": 2, "len": 5, "options": 0, "radius": 30, "srcendpoint": 1, "transid": 1}, 99)
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 7, "assocGetWithAddress", {extaddr: '0x02', nwkaddr: 2})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 5, 'extRouteDisc', {dstAddr: 2, options: 0, radius: Constants.AF.DEFAULT_RADIUS})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(4, 4, "dataRequest", {"clusterid": 0, "data": frame.toBuffer(), "destendpoint": 20, "dstaddr": 2, "len": 5, "options": 0, "radius": 30, "srcendpoint": 1, "transid": 2}, 99)
+        expect(error).toStrictEqual(new Error("Timeout - 2 - 20 - 100 - 0 - 1 after 1ms"));
+    });
+
+    it('Send zcl frame network address timeout should discover route, rewrite child entry and retry for sleepy end device', async () => {
+        basicMocks();
+        await adapter.start();
+
         mockZnpRequest.mockClear();
 
         const responseMismatchFrame = Zcl.ZclFrame.create(Zcl.FrameType.GLOBAL, Zcl.Direction.SERVER_TO_CLIENT, true, null, 102, 'readRsp', 0, [{attrId: 0, attrData: 5, dataType: 32, status: 0}]);
@@ -2469,10 +2497,13 @@ describe("zstack-adapter", () => {
         }
 
         expect(mockQueueExecute.mock.calls[0][1]).toBe(2);
-        expect(mockZnpRequest).toBeCalledTimes(3);
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toBeCalledTimes(6);
         expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 4, "dataRequest", {"clusterid": 0, "data": frame.toBuffer(), "destendpoint": 20, "dstaddr": 2, "len": 5, "options": 0, "radius": 30, "srcendpoint": 1, "transid": 1}, 99)
-        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 5, 'extRouteDisc', {dstAddr: 2, options: 0, radius: Constants.AF.DEFAULT_RADIUS})
-        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 4, "dataRequest", {"clusterid": 0, "data": frame.toBuffer(), "destendpoint": 20, "dstaddr": 2, "len": 5, "options": 0, "radius": 30, "srcendpoint": 1, "transid": 2}, 99)
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, 7, "assocGetWithAddress", {extaddr: '0x02', nwkaddr: 2})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(3, 7, "assocRemove", {ieeeadr: '0x02'})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(4, 7, "assocAdd",         {ieeeadr: '0x02', nwkaddr: 2, noderelation: 1})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(5, 5, 'extRouteDisc', {dstAddr: 2, options: 0, radius: Constants.AF.DEFAULT_RADIUS})
+        expect(mockZnpRequest).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(6, 4, "dataRequest", {"clusterid": 0, "data": frame.toBuffer(), "destendpoint": 20, "dstaddr": 2, "len": 5, "options": 0, "radius": 30, "srcendpoint": 1, "transid": 2}, 99)
         expect(error).toStrictEqual(new Error("Timeout - 2 - 20 - 100 - 0 - 1 after 1ms"));
     });