diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index ec275f738c..4f7e3f6b78 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ void SplitHostPort(std::string in, int &portOut, std::string &hostOut) {
     bool fBracketed = fHaveColon && (in[0]=='[' && in[colon-1]==']'); // if there is a colon, and in[0]=='[', colon is not 0, so in[colon-1] is safe
     bool fMultiColon = fHaveColon && (in.find_last_of(':',colon-1) != in.npos);
     if (fHaveColon && (colon==0 || fBracketed || !fMultiColon)) {
-        char *endp = NULL;
-        int n = strtol(in.c_str() + colon + 1, &endp, 10);
-        if (endp && *endp == 0 && n >= 0) {
+        int32_t n;
+        if (ParseInt32(in.substr(colon + 1), &n) && n > 0 && n < 0x10000) {
             in = in.substr(0, colon);
-            if (n > 0 && n < 0x10000)
-                portOut = n;
+            portOut = n;
         }
     }
     if (in.size()>0 && in[0] == '[' && in[in.size()-1] == ']')