1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 77ecf05f1d..8b94e2dbfb 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 
     if (mapArgs.count("-whitelist")) {
         BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& net, mapMultiArgs["-whitelist"]) {
-            CSubNet subnet(net);
+            CSubNet subnet;
+            LookupSubNet(net.c_str(), subnet);
             if (!subnet.IsValid())
                 return InitError(strprintf(_("Invalid netmask specified in -whitelist: '%s'"), net));
             CNode::AddWhitelistedRange(subnet);