diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 3ac962354..9c58577f1 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1806,7 +1806,6 @@ bool CConnman::OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFai
         return false;
 
     CNode* pnode = ConnectNode(addrConnect, pszDest, fCountFailure);
-    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
 
     if (!pnode)
         return false;
@@ -2146,14 +2145,14 @@ bool CConnman::Start(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler, st
     // Start threads
     //
 
+    // Send and receive from sockets, accept connections
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "net", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadSocketHandler, this))));
+
     if (!GetBoolArg("-dnsseed", true))
         LogPrintf("DNS seeding disabled\n");
     else
         threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "dnsseed", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadDNSAddressSeed, this))));
 
-    // Send and receive from sockets, accept connections
-    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "net", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadSocketHandler, this))));
-
     // Initiate outbound connections from -addnode
     threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "addcon", boost::function<void()>(boost::bind(&CConnman::ThreadOpenAddedConnections, this))));