diff --git a/src/compat.h b/src/compat.h
index 8fbafb6cce..1b3a60d11b 100644
--- a/src/compat.h
+++ b/src/compat.h
@@ -59,19 +59,4 @@ typedef u_int SOCKET;
 #define SOCKET_ERROR        -1
 #endif
 
-inline int myclosesocket(SOCKET& hSocket)
-{
-    if (hSocket == INVALID_SOCKET)
-        return WSAENOTSOCK;
-#ifdef WIN32
-    int ret = closesocket(hSocket);
-#else
-    int ret = close(hSocket);
-#endif
-    hSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
-    return ret;
-}
-#define closesocket(s)      myclosesocket(s)
-
-
 #endif
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 3b3d91d652..441bde3e90 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ bool GetMyExternalIP2(const CService& addrConnect, const char* pszGet, const cha
             {
                 if (!RecvLine(hSocket, strLine))
                 {
-                    closesocket(hSocket);
+                    CloseSocket(hSocket);
                     return false;
                 }
                 if (pszKeyword == NULL)
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ bool GetMyExternalIP2(const CService& addrConnect, const char* pszGet, const cha
                     break;
                 }
             }
-            closesocket(hSocket);
+            CloseSocket(hSocket);
             if (strLine.find("<") != string::npos)
                 strLine = strLine.substr(0, strLine.find("<"));
             strLine = strLine.substr(strspn(strLine.c_str(), " \t\n\r"));
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ bool GetMyExternalIP2(const CService& addrConnect, const char* pszGet, const cha
             return true;
         }
     }
-    closesocket(hSocket);
+    CloseSocket(hSocket);
     return error("GetMyExternalIP() : connection closed");
 }
 
@@ -533,8 +533,7 @@ void CNode::CloseSocketDisconnect()
     if (hSocket != INVALID_SOCKET)
     {
         LogPrint("net", "disconnecting peer=%d\n", id);
-        closesocket(hSocket);
-        hSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
     }
 
     // in case this fails, we'll empty the recv buffer when the CNode is deleted
@@ -975,12 +974,12 @@ void ThreadSocketHandler()
                 }
                 else if (nInbound >= nMaxConnections - MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS)
                 {
-                    closesocket(hSocket);
+                    CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 }
                 else if (CNode::IsBanned(addr) && !whitelisted)
                 {
                     LogPrintf("connection from %s dropped (banned)\n", addr.ToString());
-                    closesocket(hSocket);
+                    CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 }
                 else
                 {
@@ -1817,11 +1816,11 @@ public:
         // Close sockets
         BOOST_FOREACH(CNode* pnode, vNodes)
             if (pnode->hSocket != INVALID_SOCKET)
-                closesocket(pnode->hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(pnode->hSocket);
         BOOST_FOREACH(ListenSocket& hListenSocket, vhListenSocket)
             if (hListenSocket.socket != INVALID_SOCKET)
-                if (closesocket(hListenSocket.socket) == SOCKET_ERROR)
-                    LogPrintf("closesocket(hListenSocket) failed with error %s\n", NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
+                if (!CloseSocket(hListenSocket.socket))
+                    LogPrintf("CloseSocket(hListenSocket) failed with error %s\n", NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
 
         // clean up some globals (to help leak detection)
         BOOST_FOREACH(CNode *pnode, vNodes)
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 866c9ae783..f029a8d935 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ public:
     {
         if (hSocket != INVALID_SOCKET)
         {
-            closesocket(hSocket);
-            hSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
+            CloseSocket(hSocket);
         }
         if (pfilter)
             delete pfilter;
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 067cfa024b..e9f3515456 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ bool static Socks5(string strDest, int port, SOCKET& hSocket)
     LogPrintf("SOCKS5 connecting %s\n", strDest);
     if (strDest.size() > 255)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Hostname too long");
     }
     char pszSocks5Init[] = "\5\1\0";
@@ -227,18 +227,18 @@ bool static Socks5(string strDest, int port, SOCKET& hSocket)
     ssize_t ret = send(hSocket, pszSocks5Init, nSize, MSG_NOSIGNAL);
     if (ret != nSize)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error sending to proxy");
     }
     char pchRet1[2];
     if (recv(hSocket, pchRet1, 2, 0) != 2)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error reading proxy response");
     }
     if (pchRet1[0] != 0x05 || pchRet1[1] != 0x00)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Proxy failed to initialize");
     }
     string strSocks5("\5\1");
@@ -250,23 +250,23 @@ bool static Socks5(string strDest, int port, SOCKET& hSocket)
     ret = send(hSocket, strSocks5.c_str(), strSocks5.size(), MSG_NOSIGNAL);
     if (ret != (ssize_t)strSocks5.size())
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error sending to proxy");
     }
     char pchRet2[4];
     if (recv(hSocket, pchRet2, 4, 0) != 4)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error reading proxy response");
     }
     if (pchRet2[0] != 0x05)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Proxy failed to accept request");
     }
     if (pchRet2[1] != 0x00)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         switch (pchRet2[1])
         {
             case 0x01: return error("Proxy error: general failure");
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ bool static Socks5(string strDest, int port, SOCKET& hSocket)
     }
     if (pchRet2[2] != 0x00)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error: malformed proxy response");
     }
     char pchRet3[256];
@@ -294,23 +294,23 @@ bool static Socks5(string strDest, int port, SOCKET& hSocket)
         {
             ret = recv(hSocket, pchRet3, 1, 0) != 1;
             if (ret) {
-                closesocket(hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 return error("Error reading from proxy");
             }
             int nRecv = pchRet3[0];
             ret = recv(hSocket, pchRet3, nRecv, 0) != nRecv;
             break;
         }
-        default: closesocket(hSocket); return error("Error: malformed proxy response");
+        default: CloseSocket(hSocket); return error("Error: malformed proxy response");
     }
     if (ret)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error reading from proxy");
     }
     if (recv(hSocket, pchRet3, 2, 0) != 2)
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return error("Error reading from proxy");
     }
     LogPrintf("SOCKS5 connected %s\n", strDest);
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ bool static ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, SOCKET& hSocketRe
     if (fcntl(hSocket, F_SETFL, fFlags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1)
 #endif
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -365,13 +365,13 @@ bool static ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, SOCKET& hSocketRe
             if (nRet == 0)
             {
                 LogPrint("net", "connection to %s timeout\n", addrConnect.ToString());
-                closesocket(hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 return false;
             }
             if (nRet == SOCKET_ERROR)
             {
                 LogPrintf("select() for %s failed: %s\n", addrConnect.ToString(), NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
-                closesocket(hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 return false;
             }
             socklen_t nRetSize = sizeof(nRet);
@@ -382,13 +382,13 @@ bool static ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, SOCKET& hSocketRe
 #endif
             {
                 LogPrintf("getsockopt() for %s failed: %s\n", addrConnect.ToString(), NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
-                closesocket(hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 return false;
             }
             if (nRet != 0)
             {
                 LogPrintf("connect() to %s failed after select(): %s\n", addrConnect.ToString(), NetworkErrorString(nRet));
-                closesocket(hSocket);
+                CloseSocket(hSocket);
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bool static ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, SOCKET& hSocketRe
 #endif
         {
             LogPrintf("connect() to %s failed: %s\n", addrConnect.ToString(), NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
-            closesocket(hSocket);
+            CloseSocket(hSocket);
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ bool static ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, SOCKET& hSocketRe
     if (fcntl(hSocket, F_SETFL, fFlags & ~O_NONBLOCK) == SOCKET_ERROR)
 #endif
     {
-        closesocket(hSocket);
+        CloseSocket(hSocket);
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -1258,3 +1258,16 @@ std::string NetworkErrorString(int err)
     return strprintf("%s (%d)", s, err);
 }
 #endif
+
+bool CloseSocket(SOCKET& hSocket)
+{
+    if (hSocket == INVALID_SOCKET)
+        return false;
+#ifdef WIN32
+    int ret = closesocket(hSocket);
+#else
+    int ret = close(hSocket);
+#endif
+    hSocket = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    return ret != SOCKET_ERROR;
+}
diff --git a/src/netbase.h b/src/netbase.h
index ad1e230834..05221a5fde 100644
--- a/src/netbase.h
+++ b/src/netbase.h
@@ -178,5 +178,7 @@ bool ConnectSocket(const CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, int nTimeout = nCon
 bool ConnectSocketByName(CService &addr, SOCKET& hSocketRet, const char *pszDest, int portDefault = 0, int nTimeout = nConnectTimeout);
 /** Return readable error string for a network error code */
 std::string NetworkErrorString(int err);
+/** Close socket and set hSocket to INVALID_SOCKET */
+bool CloseSocket(SOCKET& hSocket);
 
 #endif