diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 4f78d2e31a3..2c69f2f16df 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -132,14 +132,9 @@ std::vector<std::string> GetNetworkNames(bool append_unroutable)
     return names;
 }
 
-static bool LookupIntern(const std::string& name, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, unsigned int nMaxSolutions, bool fAllowLookup, DNSLookupFn dns_lookup_function)
+static std::vector<CNetAddr> LookupIntern(const std::string& name, unsigned int nMaxSolutions, bool fAllowLookup, DNSLookupFn dns_lookup_function)
 {
-    vIP.clear();
-
-    if (!ContainsNoNUL(name)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
+    if (!ContainsNoNUL(name)) return {};
     {
         CNetAddr addr;
         // From our perspective, onion addresses are not hostnames but rather
@@ -148,26 +143,25 @@ static bool LookupIntern(const std::string& name, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, un
         // getaddrinfo to decode them and it wouldn't make sense to resolve
         // them, we return a network address representing it instead. See
         // CNetAddr::SetSpecial(const std::string&) for more details.
-        if (addr.SetSpecial(name)) {
-            vIP.push_back(addr);
-            return true;
-        }
+        if (addr.SetSpecial(name)) return {addr};
     }
 
+    std::vector<CNetAddr> addresses;
+
     for (const CNetAddr& resolved : dns_lookup_function(name, fAllowLookup)) {
-        if (nMaxSolutions > 0 && vIP.size() >= nMaxSolutions) {
+        if (nMaxSolutions > 0 && addresses.size() >= nMaxSolutions) {
             break;
         }
         /* Never allow resolving to an internal address. Consider any such result invalid */
         if (!resolved.IsInternal()) {
-            vIP.push_back(resolved);
+            addresses.push_back(resolved);
         }
     }
 
-    return (vIP.size() > 0);
+    return addresses;
 }
 
-bool LookupHost(const std::string& name, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, unsigned int nMaxSolutions, bool fAllowLookup, DNSLookupFn dns_lookup_function)
+bool LookupHost(const std::string& name, std::vector<CNetAddr>& addresses, unsigned int nMaxSolutions, bool fAllowLookup, DNSLookupFn dns_lookup_function)
 {
     if (!ContainsNoNUL(name)) {
         return false;
@@ -179,7 +173,8 @@ bool LookupHost(const std::string& name, std::vector<CNetAddr>& vIP, unsigned in
         strHost = strHost.substr(1, strHost.size() - 2);
     }
 
-    return LookupIntern(strHost, vIP, nMaxSolutions, fAllowLookup, dns_lookup_function);
+    addresses = LookupIntern(strHost, nMaxSolutions, fAllowLookup, dns_lookup_function);
+    return addresses.size() > 0;
 }
 
 bool LookupHost(const std::string& name, CNetAddr& addr, bool fAllowLookup, DNSLookupFn dns_lookup_function)
@@ -204,13 +199,12 @@ bool Lookup(const std::string& name, std::vector<CService>& vAddr, uint16_t port
     std::string hostname;
     SplitHostPort(name, port, hostname);
 
-    std::vector<CNetAddr> vIP;
-    bool fRet = LookupIntern(hostname, vIP, nMaxSolutions, fAllowLookup, dns_lookup_function);
-    if (!fRet)
+    const std::vector<CNetAddr> addresses{LookupIntern(hostname, nMaxSolutions, fAllowLookup, dns_lookup_function)};
+    if (addresses.empty())
         return false;
-    vAddr.resize(vIP.size());
-    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vIP.size(); i++)
-        vAddr[i] = CService(vIP[i], port);
+    vAddr.resize(addresses.size());
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < addresses.size(); i++)
+        vAddr[i] = CService(addresses[i], port);
     return true;
 }