diff --git a/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/ThreadNetworkControllerService.java b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/ThreadNetworkControllerService.java
index 63cd574..7c757c0 100644
--- a/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/ThreadNetworkControllerService.java
+++ b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/ThreadNetworkControllerService.java
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
 import android.net.InetAddresses;
-import android.net.LinkAddress;
 import android.net.LinkProperties;
 import android.net.LocalNetworkConfig;
 import android.net.LocalNetworkInfo;
@@ -106,7 +105,6 @@
 import android.os.IBinder;
 import android.os.Looper;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
-import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.os.UserManager;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.util.SparseArray;
@@ -129,8 +127,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
-import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -260,38 +256,6 @@
                 countryCodeSupplier);
     }
 
-    private static Inet6Address bytesToInet6Address(byte[] addressBytes) {
-        try {
-            return (Inet6Address) Inet6Address.getByAddress(addressBytes);
-        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-            // This is unlikely to happen unless the Thread daemon is critically broken
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static InetAddress addressInfoToInetAddress(Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo) {
-        return bytesToInet6Address(addressInfo.address);
-    }
-
-    private static LinkAddress newLinkAddress(Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo) {
-        long deprecationTimeMillis =
-                addressInfo.isPreferred
-                        ? LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT
-                        : SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
-
-        InetAddress address = addressInfoToInetAddress(addressInfo);
-
-        // flags and scope will be adjusted automatically depending on the address and
-        // its lifetimes.
-        return new LinkAddress(
-                address,
-                addressInfo.prefixLength,
-                0 /* flags */,
-                0 /* scope */,
-                deprecationTimeMillis,
-                LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT /* expirationTime */);
-    }
-
     private NetworkRequest newUpstreamNetworkRequest() {
         NetworkRequest.Builder builder = new NetworkRequest.Builder().clearCapabilities();
 
@@ -1172,20 +1136,10 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private void handleAddressChanged(Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo, boolean isAdded) {
+    private void handleAddressChanged(List<Ipv6AddressInfo> addressInfoList) {
         checkOnHandlerThread();
-        InetAddress address = addressInfoToInetAddress(addressInfo);
-        if (address.isMulticastAddress()) {
-            Log.i(TAG, "Ignoring multicast address " + address.getHostAddress());
-            return;
-        }
 
-        LinkAddress linkAddress = newLinkAddress(addressInfo);
-        if (isAdded) {
-            mTunIfController.addAddress(linkAddress);
-        } else {
-            mTunIfController.removeAddress(linkAddress);
-        }
+        mTunIfController.updateAddresses(addressInfoList);
 
         // The OT daemon can send link property updates before the networkAgent is
         // registered
@@ -1534,8 +1488,8 @@
         }
 
         @Override
-        public void onAddressChanged(Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo, boolean isAdded) {
-            mHandler.post(() -> handleAddressChanged(addressInfo, isAdded));
+        public void onAddressChanged(List<Ipv6AddressInfo> addressInfoList) {
+            mHandler.post(() -> handleAddressChanged(addressInfoList));
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/TunInterfaceController.java b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/TunInterfaceController.java
index b29a54f..97cdd55 100644
--- a/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/TunInterfaceController.java
+++ b/thread/service/java/com/android/server/thread/TunInterfaceController.java
@@ -29,12 +29,19 @@
 import android.system.OsConstants;
 import android.util.Log;
 
+import com.android.net.module.util.LinkPropertiesUtils.CompareResult;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.RtNetlinkAddressMessage;
+import com.android.server.thread.openthread.Ipv6AddressInfo;
 
 import java.io.FileDescriptor;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /** Controller for virtual/tunnel network interfaces. */
 public class TunInterfaceController {
@@ -178,6 +185,38 @@
         }
     }
 
+    public void updateAddresses(List<Ipv6AddressInfo> addressInfoList) {
+        final List<LinkAddress> newLinkAddresses = new ArrayList<>();
+        boolean hasActiveOmrAddress = false;
+
+        for (Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo : addressInfoList) {
+            if (addressInfo.isActiveOmr) {
+                hasActiveOmrAddress = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo : addressInfoList) {
+            InetAddress address = addressInfoToInetAddress(addressInfo);
+            if (address.isMulticastAddress()) {
+                // TODO: Logging here will create repeated logs for a single multicast address, and
+                // it currently is not mandatory for debugging. Add log for ignored multicast
+                // address when necessary.
+                continue;
+            }
+            newLinkAddresses.add(newLinkAddress(addressInfo, hasActiveOmrAddress));
+        }
+
+        final CompareResult<LinkAddress> addressDiff =
+                new CompareResult<>(mLinkProperties.getAllLinkAddresses(), newLinkAddresses);
+        for (LinkAddress linkAddress : addressDiff.removed) {
+            removeAddress(linkAddress);
+        }
+        for (LinkAddress linkAddress : addressDiff.added) {
+            addAddress(linkAddress);
+        }
+    }
+
     private RouteInfo getRouteForAddress(LinkAddress linkAddress) {
         return new RouteInfo(
                 new IpPrefix(linkAddress.getAddress(), linkAddress.getPrefixLength()),
@@ -195,4 +234,44 @@
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to set Thread TUN interface down");
         }
     }
+
+    private static InetAddress addressInfoToInetAddress(Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo) {
+        return bytesToInet6Address(addressInfo.address);
+    }
+
+    private static Inet6Address bytesToInet6Address(byte[] addressBytes) {
+        try {
+            return (Inet6Address) Inet6Address.getByAddress(addressBytes);
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+            // This is unlikely to happen unless the Thread daemon is critically broken
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static LinkAddress newLinkAddress(
+            Ipv6AddressInfo addressInfo, boolean hasActiveOmrAddress) {
+        // Mesh-local addresses and OMR address have the same scope, to distinguish them we set
+        // mesh-local addresses as deprecated when there is an active OMR address.
+        // For OMR address and link-local address we only use the value isPreferred set by
+        // ot-daemon.
+        boolean isPreferred = addressInfo.isPreferred;
+        if (addressInfo.isMeshLocal && hasActiveOmrAddress) {
+            isPreferred = false;
+        }
+
+        final long deprecationTimeMillis =
+                isPreferred ? LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT : SystemClock.elapsedRealtime();
+
+        final InetAddress address = addressInfoToInetAddress(addressInfo);
+
+        // flags and scope will be adjusted automatically depending on the address and
+        // its lifetimes.
+        return new LinkAddress(
+                address,
+                addressInfo.prefixLength,
+                0 /* flags */,
+                0 /* scope */,
+                deprecationTimeMillis,
+                LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT /* expirationTime */);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/BorderRoutingTest.java b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/BorderRoutingTest.java
index 9b1c338..8c63d37 100644
--- a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/BorderRoutingTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/BorderRoutingTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static android.Manifest.permission.MANAGE_TEST_NETWORKS;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.JOIN_TIMEOUT;
+import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.getIpv6LinkAddresses;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.isExpectedIcmpv6Packet;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.isFromIpv6Source;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.isInMulticastGroup;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import static com.android.testutils.TestPermissionUtil.runAsShell;
 
 import static com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding.base16;
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.InetAddresses;
+import android.net.IpPrefix;
+import android.net.LinkAddress;
 import android.net.LinkProperties;
 import android.net.MacAddress;
 import android.net.thread.utils.FullThreadDevice;
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@
 import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadNetworkControllerWrapper;
 import android.os.Handler;
 import android.os.HandlerThread;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
 
 import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider;
 import androidx.test.filters.LargeTest;
@@ -252,6 +257,21 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    public void unicastRouting_meshLocalAddressesAreNotPreferred() throws Exception {
+        // When BR is enabled, there will be OMR address, so the mesh-local addresses are expected
+        // to be deprecated.
+        List<LinkAddress> linkAddresses = getIpv6LinkAddresses("thread-wpan");
+        IpPrefix meshLocalPrefix = DEFAULT_DATASET.getMeshLocalPrefix();
+
+        for (LinkAddress address : linkAddresses) {
+            if (meshLocalPrefix.contains(address.getAddress())) {
+                assertThat(address.getDeprecationTime()).isAtMost(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
+                assertThat(address.isPreferred()).isFalse();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
     @RequiresIpv6MulticastRouting
     public void multicastRouting_ftdSubscribedMulticastAddress_infraLinkJoinsMulticastGroup()
             throws Exception {
diff --git a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/ThreadIntegrationTest.java b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/ThreadIntegrationTest.java
index 8f8aa5f..1410d41 100644
--- a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/ThreadIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/ThreadIntegrationTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static android.net.thread.ThreadNetworkController.DEVICE_ROLE_STOPPED;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.CALLBACK_TIMEOUT;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.RESTART_JOIN_TIMEOUT;
+import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.getIpv6LinkAddresses;
 import static android.net.thread.utils.IntegrationTestUtils.waitFor;
 
 import static com.android.compatibility.common.util.SystemUtil.runShellCommand;
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.net.IpPrefix;
+import android.net.LinkAddress;
 import android.net.thread.utils.FullThreadDevice;
 import android.net.thread.utils.OtDaemonController;
 import android.net.thread.utils.ThreadFeatureCheckerRule;
@@ -201,6 +204,26 @@
         assertThat(udpReply).isEqualTo("Hello,Thread");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void joinNetworkWithBrDisabled_meshLocalAddressesArePreferred() throws Exception {
+        // When BR feature is disabled, there is no OMR address, so the mesh-local addresses are
+        // expected to be preferred.
+        mOtCtl.executeCommand("br disable");
+        mController.joinAndWait(DEFAULT_DATASET);
+
+        IpPrefix meshLocalPrefix = DEFAULT_DATASET.getMeshLocalPrefix();
+        List<LinkAddress> linkAddresses = getIpv6LinkAddresses("thread-wpan");
+        for (LinkAddress address : linkAddresses) {
+            if (meshLocalPrefix.contains(address.getAddress())) {
+                assertThat(address.getDeprecationTime())
+                        .isGreaterThan(SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
+                assertThat(address.isPreferred()).isTrue();
+            }
+        }
+
+        mOtCtl.executeCommand("br enable");
+    }
+
     // TODO (b/323300829): add more tests for integration with linux platform and
     // ConnectivityService
 
diff --git a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/IntegrationTestUtils.java b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/IntegrationTestUtils.java
index 3efdf7d..9be9566 100644
--- a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/IntegrationTestUtils.java
+++ b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/IntegrationTestUtils.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS;
 
+import android.net.InetAddresses;
+import android.net.LinkAddress;
 import android.net.TestNetworkInterface;
 import android.net.nsd.NsdManager;
 import android.net.nsd.NsdServiceInfo;
@@ -291,6 +293,20 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    public static List<LinkAddress> getIpv6LinkAddresses(String interfaceName) throws IOException {
+        List<LinkAddress> addresses = new ArrayList<>();
+        final String cmd = " ip -6 addr show dev " + interfaceName;
+        final String output = runShellCommandOrThrow(cmd);
+
+        for (final String line : output.split("\\n")) {
+            if (line.contains("inet6")) {
+                addresses.add(parseAddressLine(line));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return addresses;
+    }
+
     /** Return the first discovered service of {@code serviceType}. */
     public static NsdServiceInfo discoverService(NsdManager nsdManager, String serviceType)
             throws Exception {
@@ -392,4 +408,29 @@
         @Override
         public void onServiceInfoCallbackUnregistered() {}
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses a line of output from "ip -6 addr show" into a {@link LinkAddress}.
+     *
+     * <p>Example line: "inet6 2001:db8:1:1::1/64 scope global deprecated"
+     */
+    private static LinkAddress parseAddressLine(String line) {
+        String[] parts = line.trim().split("\\s+");
+        String addressString = parts[1];
+        String[] pieces = addressString.split("/", 2);
+        int prefixLength = Integer.parseInt(pieces[1]);
+        final InetAddress address = InetAddresses.parseNumericAddress(pieces[0]);
+        long deprecationTimeMillis =
+                line.contains("deprecated")
+                        ? SystemClock.elapsedRealtime()
+                        : LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT;
+
+        return new LinkAddress(
+                address,
+                prefixLength,
+                0 /* flags */,
+                0 /* scope */,
+                deprecationTimeMillis,
+                LinkAddress.LIFETIME_PERMANENT /* expirationTime */);
+    }
 }