2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.cpp b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
index f3d54a2ac9..e9d85c4c30 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ParseHex(const std::string& str)
     return ParseHex(str.c_str());
 }
 
-void SplitHostPort(std::string in, int &portOut, std::string &hostOut) {
+void SplitHostPort(std::string in, uint16_t& portOut, std::string& hostOut)
+{
     size_t colon = in.find_last_of(':');
     // if a : is found, and it either follows a [...], or no other : is in the string, treat it as port separator
     bool fHaveColon = colon != in.npos;
diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.h b/src/util/strencodings.h
index 98379e9138..a450b30ca2 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.h
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ std::string EncodeBase32(Span<const unsigned char> input, bool pad = true);
  */
 std::string EncodeBase32(const std::string& str, bool pad = true);
 
-void SplitHostPort(std::string in, int& portOut, std::string& hostOut);
+void SplitHostPort(std::string in, uint16_t& portOut, std::string& hostOut);
 int64_t atoi64(const std::string& str);
 int atoi(const std::string& str);