--- client/dhclient.c	2010/04/28 19:13:43	1.1
+++ client/dhclient.c	2010/04/28 19:17:01
@@ -594,9 +594,12 @@
 				else {
 					client->state = S_INIT;
 					/* Set up a timeout to start the
-					 * initialization process.
+					 * initialization process,
+					 * _immediately_, as agreed but never
+					 * applied by the ISC upstream
+	  https://lists.isc.org/mailman/htdig/dhcp-users/2006-June/thread.html#928
 					 */
-					tv.tv_sec = cur_time + random() % 5;
+					tv.tv_sec = cur_time - 1;
 					tv.tv_usec = 0;
 					add_timeout(&tv, state_reboot,
 						    client, 0, 0);