diff --git a/src/httpserver.cpp b/src/httpserver.cpp
index c15199d2350..76aefc5ab75 100644
--- a/src/httpserver.cpp
+++ b/src/httpserver.cpp
@@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ static void ThreadHTTP(struct event_base* base)
     LogDebug(BCLog::HTTP, "Exited http event loop\n");
 }
 
-/** Bind HTTP server to specified addresses */
-static bool HTTPBindAddresses(struct evhttp* http)
+static std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t>> GetBindAddresses()
 {
     uint16_t http_port{static_cast<uint16_t>(gArgs.GetIntArg("-rpcport", BaseParams().RPCPort()))};
     std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t>> endpoints;
@@ -388,33 +387,12 @@ static bool HTTPBindAddresses(struct evhttp* http)
             std::string host;
             if (!SplitHostPort(strRPCBind, port, host)) {
                 LogError("%s\n", InvalidPortErrMsg("-rpcbind", strRPCBind).original);
-                return false;
+                return {}; // empty
             }
             endpoints.emplace_back(host, port);
         }
     }
-
-    // Bind addresses
-    for (std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t> >::iterator i = endpoints.begin(); i != endpoints.end(); ++i) {
-        LogPrintf("Binding RPC on address %s port %i\n", i->first, i->second);
-        evhttp_bound_socket *bind_handle = evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(http, i->first.empty() ? nullptr : i->first.c_str(), i->second);
-        if (bind_handle) {
-            const std::optional<CNetAddr> addr{LookupHost(i->first, false)};
-            if (i->first.empty() || (addr.has_value() && addr->IsBindAny())) {
-                LogPrintf("WARNING: the RPC server is not safe to expose to untrusted networks such as the public internet\n");
-            }
-            // Set the no-delay option (disable Nagle's algorithm) on the TCP socket.
-            evutil_socket_t fd = evhttp_bound_socket_get_fd(bind_handle);
-            int one = 1;
-            if (setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (sockopt_arg_type)&one, sizeof(one)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
-                LogInfo("WARNING: Unable to set TCP_NODELAY on RPC server socket, continuing anyway\n");
-            }
-            boundSockets.push_back(bind_handle);
-        } else {
-            LogPrintf("Binding RPC on address %s port %i failed.\n", i->first, i->second);
-        }
-    }
-    return !boundSockets.empty();
+    return endpoints;
 }
 
 /** Simple wrapper to set thread name and run work queue */
@@ -446,6 +424,32 @@ static void libevent_log_cb(int severity, const char *msg)
 }
 
 namespace http_libevent {
+/** Bind HTTP server to specified addresses */
+static bool HTTPBindAddresses(struct evhttp* http)
+{
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t>> endpoints{GetBindAddresses()};
+    for (std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint16_t> >::iterator i = endpoints.begin(); i != endpoints.end(); ++i) {
+        LogPrintf("Binding RPC on address %s port %i\n", i->first, i->second);
+        evhttp_bound_socket *bind_handle = evhttp_bind_socket_with_handle(http, i->first.empty() ? nullptr : i->first.c_str(), i->second);
+        if (bind_handle) {
+            const std::optional<CNetAddr> addr{LookupHost(i->first, false)};
+            if (i->first.empty() || (addr.has_value() && addr->IsBindAny())) {
+                LogPrintf("WARNING: the RPC server is not safe to expose to untrusted networks such as the public internet\n");
+            }
+            // Set the no-delay option (disable Nagle's algorithm) on the TCP socket.
+            evutil_socket_t fd = evhttp_bound_socket_get_fd(bind_handle);
+            int one = 1;
+            if (setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, (sockopt_arg_type)&one, sizeof(one)) == SOCKET_ERROR) {
+                LogInfo("WARNING: Unable to set TCP_NODELAY on RPC server socket, continuing anyway\n");
+            }
+            boundSockets.push_back(bind_handle);
+        } else {
+            LogPrintf("Binding RPC on address %s port %i failed.\n", i->first, i->second);
+        }
+    }
+    return !boundSockets.empty();
+}
+
 bool InitHTTPServer(const util::SignalInterrupt& interrupt)
 {
     if (!InitHTTPAllowList())