diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1510,12 +1510,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-static std::string ResolveErrMsg(const char *const optname,
-                                 const std::string &strBind) {
-    return strprintf(_("Cannot resolve -%s address: '%s'").translated, optname,
-                     strBind);
-}
-
 /**
  * Initialize global loggers.
  *
diff --git a/src/net_permissions.cpp b/src/net_permissions.cpp
--- a/src/net_permissions.cpp
+++ b/src/net_permissions.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <net_permissions.h>
 
 #include <netbase.h>
+#include <util/error.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <util/translation.h>
 
@@ -100,8 +101,7 @@
     const std::string strBind = str.substr(offset);
     CService addrBind;
     if (!Lookup(strBind.c_str(), addrBind, 0, false)) {
-        error = strprintf(_("Cannot resolve -%s address: '%s'").translated,
-                          "whitebind", strBind);
+        error = ResolveErrMsg("whitebind", strBind);
         return false;
     }
     if (addrBind.GetPort() == 0) {
diff --git a/src/util/error.h b/src/util/error.h
--- a/src/util/error.h
+++ b/src/util/error.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * string functions. Types and functions defined here should not require any
  * outside dependencies.
  *
- * Error types defined here can be used in different parts of the bitcoin
+ * Error types defined here can be used in different parts of the
  * codebase, to avoid the need to write boilerplate code catching and
  * translating errors passed across wallet/node/rpc/gui code boundaries.
  */
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 
 std::string TransactionErrorString(TransactionError error);
 
+std::string ResolveErrMsg(const std::string &optname,
+                          const std::string &strBind);
+
 bilingual_str AmountHighWarn(const std::string &optname);
 
 bilingual_str AmountErrMsg(const std::string &optname,
diff --git a/src/util/error.cpp b/src/util/error.cpp
--- a/src/util/error.cpp
+++ b/src/util/error.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
     assert(false);
 }
 
+std::string ResolveErrMsg(const std::string &optname,
+                          const std::string &strBind) {
+    return strprintf(_("Cannot resolve -%s address: '%s'").translated, optname,
+                     strBind);
+}
+
 bilingual_str AmountHighWarn(const std::string &optname) {
     return strprintf(_("%s is set very high!"), optname);
 }