1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
index f2db398899..e419e4d9ee 100644
--- a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
@@ -327,7 +327,9 @@ QValidator::State ProxyAddressValidator::validate(QString &input, int &pos) cons
 {
     Q_UNUSED(pos);
     // Validate the proxy
-    proxyType addrProxy = proxyType(CService(input.toStdString(), 9050), true);
+    CService serv;
+    LookupNumeric(input.toStdString().c_str(), serv, 9050);
+    proxyType addrProxy = proxyType(serv, true);
     if (addrProxy.IsValid())
         return QValidator::Acceptable;