1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 4aaeee257b..4cdbd5edaa 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -658,17 +658,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     typedef BOOL (WINAPI *PSETPROCDEPPOL)(DWORD);
     PSETPROCDEPPOL setProcDEPPol = (PSETPROCDEPPOL)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("Kernel32.dll"), "SetProcessDEPPolicy");
     if (setProcDEPPol != NULL) setProcDEPPol(PROCESS_DEP_ENABLE);
-
-    // Initialize Windows Sockets
-    WSADATA wsadata;
-    int ret = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsadata);
-    if (ret != NO_ERROR || LOBYTE(wsadata.wVersion ) != 2 || HIBYTE(wsadata.wVersion) != 2)
-    {
-        return InitError(strprintf("Error: Winsock library failed to start (WSAStartup returned error %d)", ret));
-    }
 #endif
-#ifndef WIN32
 
+    if (!SetupNetworking())
+        return InitError("Error: Initializing networking failed");
+
+#ifndef WIN32
     if (GetBoolArg("-sysperms", false)) {
 #ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
         if (!GetBoolArg("-disablewallet", false))