1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index f3b2619dbd..cb8b220895 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -253,11 +253,14 @@ static bool InitRPCAuthentication()
     if (gArgs.GetArg("-rpcauth","") != "")
     {
         LogPrintf("Using rpcauth authentication.\n");
-        for (std::string rpcauth : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth")) {
+        for (const std::string& rpcauth : gArgs.GetArgs("-rpcauth")) {
             std::vector<std::string> fields;
             boost::split(fields, rpcauth, boost::is_any_of(":$"));
             if (fields.size() == 3) {
                 g_rpcauth.push_back(fields);
+            } else {
+                LogPrintf("Invalid -rpcauth argument.\n");
+                return false;
             }
         }
     }