diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 3667820a21..80527b782e 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1156,10 +1156,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     if (mapArgs.count("-externalip")) {
         BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& strAddr, mapMultiArgs["-externalip"]) {
-            CService addrLocal(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup);
-            if (!addrLocal.IsValid())
+            CService addrLocal;
+            if (Lookup(strAddr.c_str(), addrLocal, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup) && addrLocal.IsValid())
+                AddLocal(addrLocal, LOCAL_MANUAL);
+            else
                 return InitError(ResolveErrMsg("externalip", strAddr));
-            AddLocal(CService(strAddr, GetListenPort(), fNameLookup), LOCAL_MANUAL);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 281c6bcb7f..1855d0a2e8 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -614,10 +614,12 @@ bool ConnectSocketByName(CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, const char *pszDest
     proxyType nameProxy;
     GetNameProxy(nameProxy);
 
-    CService addrResolved(CNetAddr(strDest, fNameLookup && !HaveNameProxy()), port);
-    if (addrResolved.IsValid()) {
-        addr = addrResolved;
-        return ConnectSocket(addr, hSocketRet, nTimeout);
+    CService addrResolved;
+    if (Lookup(strDest.c_str(), addrResolved, port, fNameLookup && !HaveNameProxy())) {
+        if (addrResolved.IsValid()) {
+            addr = addrResolved;
+            return ConnectSocket(addr, hSocketRet, nTimeout);
+        }
     }
 
     addr = CService("0.0.0.0:0");