diff --git a/dali/driver/serial.py b/dali/driver/serial.py
index 2c5c729..dc33878 100644
--- a/dali/driver/serial.py
+++ b/dali/driver/serial.py
@@ -660,18 +660,30 @@ async def send_dali_command(
                     )
                     if confirm.error_code is not None:
                         raise TransmissionError(confirm.error_code)
+                    if (
+                        hasattr(confirm.message, "frame")
+                        and confirm.message.frame != tx.frame
+                    ):
+                        # A confirmation for a different frame can only be a
+                        # stale one for an earlier send whose confirmation
+                        # arrived after it had already timed out: sends are
+                        # serialised under '_tx_lock', so nothing later is in
+                        # flight yet. Drop it and keep waiting for this frame's
+                        # own confirmation, otherwise every subsequent send
+                        # inherits the one-off mismatch and the stream never
+                        # resynchronises.
+                        _LOG.warning(
+                            "Discarding stale LUBA confirmation for '%s' "
+                            "while awaiting '%s'",
+                            confirm.message,
+                            tx,
+                        )
+                        continue
                     if hasattr(confirm.message, "frame"):
-                        if confirm.message.frame == tx.frame:
-                            _LOG.trace(
-                                f"LUBA device reports message '{tx}' sent, "
-                                f"with ID {confirm.tx_id}"
-                            )
-                        else:
-                            _LOG.error(
-                                "Expected LUBA device to confirm transmission "
-                                f"of message '{tx}', but got a confirmation "
-                                f"for '{confirm.message}'"
-                            )
+                        _LOG.trace(
+                            f"LUBA device reports message '{tx}' sent, "
+                            f"with ID {confirm.tx_id}"
+                        )
                     else:
                         _LOG.debug(
                             f"Unable to decode message id {confirm.tx_id}, but "
diff --git a/dali/tests/test_serial_driver.py b/dali/tests/test_serial_driver.py
index aad20e4..1acea61 100644
--- a/dali/tests/test_serial_driver.py
+++ b/dali/tests/test_serial_driver.py
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from dali.address import DeviceShort, InstanceNumber
+from dali.address import DeviceShort, GearShort, InstanceNumber
 from dali.command import NumericResponse
 from dali.device.general import QueryInstanceType
 from dali.device.helpers import check_bad_rsp
 from dali.driver.serial import _DALI_FRAMING_ERROR, DriverLubaRs232
+from dali.gear.general import QueryActualLevel
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -149,6 +150,35 @@ async def test_connect_reopens_the_port_after_a_lost_transport(monkeypatch):
     assert driver._protocol is replacement
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_send_dali_command_resyncs_after_stale_confirmation(caplog):
+    """A stale confirmation must not desync every following transmission.
+
+    A weak bus can let a send's confirmation arrive after it timed out; the
+    next send then finds that stale confirmation queued ahead of its own. It
+    must be discarded and the matching one awaited, so the stream recovers
+    instead of every later frame inheriting the one-off mismatch.
+    """
+    protocol = DriverLubaRs232.LubaProtocol()
+    protocol.transport = MagicMock()
+    protocol.rx_idle.set()
+
+    command = QueryActualLevel(GearShort(0))
+    stale = QueryActualLevel(GearShort(1))
+    protocol._queue_tx_conf.put_nowait(
+        protocol.LubaMsgTxConf(tx_id=1, message=stale)
+    )
+    protocol._queue_tx_conf.put_nowait(
+        protocol.LubaMsgTxConf(tx_id=2, message=command)
+    )
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="dali.driver"):
+        await protocol.send_dali_command(command)
+
+    assert protocol._queue_tx_conf.empty()
+    assert any("stale LUBA confirmation" in r.getMessage() for r in caplog.records)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_reset_luba_response_drains_all(caplog):
     """Stale LUBA command replies must be cleared before a handshake retry."""