diff --git a/src/common/sockman.cpp b/src/common/sockman.cpp
index bd661789aff..2b9dac0b059 100644
--- a/src/common/sockman.cpp
+++ b/src/common/sockman.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ bool SockMan::BindAndStartListening(const CService& to, bilingual_str& err_msg)
     return true;
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<Sock> SockMan::AcceptConnection(const Sock& listen_sock, CService& addr)
+{
+    struct sockaddr_storage sockaddr;
+    socklen_t len = sizeof(sockaddr);
+    auto sock = listen_sock.Accept((struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, &len);
+
+    if (!sock) {
+        const int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
+        if (nErr != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
+            LogPrintf("socket error accept failed: %s\n", NetworkErrorString(nErr));
+        }
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    if (!addr.SetSockAddr((const struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, len)) {
+        LogPrintLevel(BCLog::NET, BCLog::Level::Warning, "Unknown socket family\n");
+    }
+
+    return sock;
+}
+
 void SockMan::StopListening()
 {
     m_listen.clear();
diff --git a/src/common/sockman.h b/src/common/sockman.h
index b977d49f42b..580e5b189e0 100644
--- a/src/common/sockman.h
+++ b/src/common/sockman.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * To use this class, inherit from it and implement the pure virtual methods.
  * Handled operations:
  * - binding and listening on sockets
+ * - accepting incoming connections
  */
 class SockMan
 {
@@ -30,6 +31,14 @@ public:
      */
     bool BindAndStartListening(const CService& to, bilingual_str& err_msg);
 
+    /**
+     * Accept a connection.
+     * @param[in] listen_sock Socket on which to accept the connection.
+     * @param[out] addr Address of the peer that was accepted.
+     * @return Newly created socket for the accepted connection.
+     */
+    std::unique_ptr<Sock> AcceptConnection(const Sock& listen_sock, CService& addr);
+
     /**
      * Stop listening by closing all listening sockets.
      */
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 1181f4a6555..e38b75f283b 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1732,27 +1732,11 @@ bool CConnman::AttemptToEvictConnection()
     return false;
 }
 
-void CConnman::AcceptConnection(const Sock& listen_sock) {
-    struct sockaddr_storage sockaddr;
-    socklen_t len = sizeof(sockaddr);
-    auto sock = listen_sock.Accept((struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, &len);
-
-    if (!sock) {
-        const int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
-        if (nErr != WSAEWOULDBLOCK) {
-            LogPrintf("socket error accept failed: %s\n", NetworkErrorString(nErr));
-        }
-        return;
-    }
-
-    CService addr;
-    if (!addr.SetSockAddr((const struct sockaddr*)&sockaddr, len)) {
-        LogPrintLevel(BCLog::NET, BCLog::Level::Warning, "Unknown socket family\n");
-    } else {
-        addr = MaybeFlipIPv6toCJDNS(addr);
-    }
-
-    const CService addr_bind{MaybeFlipIPv6toCJDNS(GetBindAddress(*sock))};
+void CConnman::CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::unique_ptr<Sock>&& sock,
+                                            const CService& addr_bind,
+                                            const CService& addr)
+{
+    int nInbound = 0;
 
     NetPermissionFlags permission_flags = NetPermissionFlags::None;
     auto it{m_listen_permissions.find(addr_bind)};
@@ -1760,16 +1744,6 @@ void CConnman::AcceptConnection(const Sock& listen_sock) {
         NetPermissions::AddFlag(permission_flags, it->second);
     }
 
-    CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::move(sock), permission_flags, addr_bind, addr);
-}
-
-void CConnman::CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::unique_ptr<Sock>&& sock,
-                                            NetPermissionFlags permission_flags,
-                                            const CService& addr_bind,
-                                            const CService& addr)
-{
-    int nInbound = 0;
-
     AddWhitelistPermissionFlags(permission_flags, addr, vWhitelistedRangeIncoming);
 
     {
@@ -2219,7 +2193,16 @@ void CConnman::SocketHandlerListening(const Sock::EventsPerSock& events_per_sock
         }
         const auto it = events_per_sock.find(sock);
         if (it != events_per_sock.end() && it->second.occurred & Sock::RECV) {
-            AcceptConnection(*sock);
+            CService addr_accepted;
+
+            auto sock_accepted{AcceptConnection(*sock, addr_accepted)};
+
+            if (sock_accepted) {
+                addr_accepted = MaybeFlipIPv6toCJDNS(addr_accepted);
+                const CService addr_bind{MaybeFlipIPv6toCJDNS(GetBindAddress(*sock))};
+
+                CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::move(sock_accepted), addr_bind, addr_accepted);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -3108,7 +3091,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadI2PAcceptIncoming()
             continue;
         }
 
-        CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::move(conn.sock), NetPermissionFlags::None, conn.me, conn.peer);
+        CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::move(conn.sock), conn.me, conn.peer);
 
         err_wait = err_wait_begin;
     }
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index cc9b82421ef..01fc644e40c 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -1287,18 +1287,15 @@ private:
     void ThreadOpenConnections(std::vector<std::string> connect, Span<const std::string> seed_nodes) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!m_addr_fetches_mutex, !m_added_nodes_mutex, !m_nodes_mutex, !m_unused_i2p_sessions_mutex, !m_reconnections_mutex);
     void ThreadMessageHandler() EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(!mutexMsgProc);
     void ThreadI2PAcceptIncoming();
-    void AcceptConnection(const Sock& listen_sock);
 
     /**
      * Create a `CNode` object from a socket that has just been accepted and add the node to
      * the `m_nodes` member.
      * @param[in] sock Connected socket to communicate with the peer.
-     * @param[in] permission_flags The peer's permissions.
      * @param[in] addr_bind The address and port at our side of the connection.
      * @param[in] addr The address and port at the peer's side of the connection.
      */
     void CreateNodeFromAcceptedSocket(std::unique_ptr<Sock>&& sock,
-                                      NetPermissionFlags permission_flags,
                                       const CService& addr_bind,
                                       const CService& addr);