diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/actor/waiter.go b/pkg/rpcclient/actor/waiter.go
index 424c24f55..ceb722a9a 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/actor/waiter.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/actor/waiter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/block"
@@ -41,7 +42,11 @@ type (
 		// Wait allows to wait until transaction will be accepted to the chain. It can be
 		// used as a wrapper for Send or SignAndSend and accepts transaction hash,
 		// ValidUntilBlock value and an error. It returns transaction execution result
-		// or an error if transaction wasn't accepted to the chain.
+		// or an error if transaction wasn't accepted to the chain. Notice that "already
+		// exists" err value is not treated as an error by this routine because it
+		// means that the transactions given might be already accepted or soon going
+		// to be accepted. Such transaction can be waited for in a usual way, potentially
+		// with positive result, so that's what will happen.
 		Wait(h util.Uint256, vub uint32, err error) (*state.AppExecResult, error)
 		// WaitAny waits until at least one of the specified transactions will be accepted
 		// to the chain until vub (including). It returns execution result of this
@@ -89,6 +94,12 @@ type EventWaiter struct {
 	polling Waiter
 }
 
+// errIsAlreadyExists is a temporary helper until we have #2248 solved. Both C#
+// and Go nodes return this string (possibly among other data).
+func errIsAlreadyExists(err error) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "already exists")
+}
+
 // newWaiter creates Waiter instance. It can be either websocket-based or
 // polling-base, otherwise Waiter stub is returned.
 func newWaiter(ra RPCActor, v *result.Version) Waiter {
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ func NewPollingWaiter(waiter RPCPollingWaiter) (*PollingWaiter, error) {
 
 // Wait implements Waiter interface.
 func (w *PollingWaiter) Wait(h util.Uint256, vub uint32, err error) (*state.AppExecResult, error) {
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errIsAlreadyExists(err) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return w.WaitAny(context.TODO(), vub, h)
@@ -209,7 +220,7 @@ func NewEventWaiter(waiter RPCEventWaiter) (*EventWaiter, error) {
 
 // Wait implements Waiter interface.
 func (w *EventWaiter) Wait(h util.Uint256, vub uint32, err error) (res *state.AppExecResult, waitErr error) {
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && !errIsAlreadyExists(err) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return w.WaitAny(context.TODO(), vub, h)
diff --git a/pkg/rpcclient/notary/actor.go b/pkg/rpcclient/notary/actor.go
index 2a71f5750..925ef9417 100644
--- a/pkg/rpcclient/notary/actor.go
+++ b/pkg/rpcclient/notary/actor.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/state"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/core/transaction"
@@ -320,9 +321,13 @@ func (a *Actor) SendRequestExactly(mainTx *transaction.Transaction, fbTx *transa
 // the resulting application execution result or actor.ErrTxNotAccepted if both transactions
 // failed to persist. Wait can be used if underlying Actor supports transaction awaiting,
 // see actor.Actor and actor.Waiter documentation for details. Wait may be used as a wrapper
-// for Notarize, SendRequest or SendRequestExactly.
+// for Notarize, SendRequest or SendRequestExactly. Notice that "already exists" or "already
+// on chain" answers are not treated as errors by this routine because they mean that some
+// of the transactions given might be already accepted or soon going to be accepted. These
+// transactions can be waited for in a usual way potentially with positive result.
 func (a *Actor) Wait(mainHash, fbHash util.Uint256, vub uint32, err error) (*state.AppExecResult, error) {
-	if err != nil {
+	// #2248 will eventually remove this garbage from the code.
+	if err != nil && !(strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "already exists") || strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(err.Error()), "already on chain")) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return a.WaitAny(context.TODO(), vub, mainHash, fbHash)