diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.cpp b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
--- a/src/util/strencodings.cpp
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.cpp
@@ -114,11 +114,9 @@
     // 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;
-    bool fBracketed =
-        fHaveColon &&
-        (in[0] == '[' && in[colon - 1] == ']'); // if there is a colon, and
-                                                // in[0]=='[', colon is not 0,
-                                                // so in[colon-1] is safe
+    // if there is a colon, and in[0]=='[', colon is not 0, so in[colon-1] is
+    // safe
+    bool fBracketed = fHaveColon && (in[0] == '[' && in[colon - 1] == ']');
     bool fMultiColon =
         fHaveColon && (in.find_last_of(':', colon - 1) != in.npos);
     if (fHaveColon && (colon == 0 || fBracketed || !fMultiColon)) {