diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 006982000..83a96205a 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ CNode* FindNode(const NodeId nodeid)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-CNode* ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest, bool fCountFailure)
+CNode* CConnman::ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest, bool fCountFailure)
 {
     if (pszDest == NULL) {
         if (IsLocal(addrConnect))
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ void CConnman::ThreadOpenAddedConnections()
 }
 
 // if successful, this moves the passed grant to the constructed node
-bool OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFailure, CSemaphoreGrant *grantOutbound, const char *pszDest, bool fOneShot, bool fFeeler)
+bool CConnman::OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFailure, CSemaphoreGrant *grantOutbound, const char *pszDest, bool fOneShot, bool fFeeler)
 {
     //
     // Initiate outbound network connection
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 4d87408e3..e0c317ae4 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ CNode* FindNode(const CSubNet& subNet);
 CNode* FindNode(const std::string& addrName);
 CNode* FindNode(const CService& ip);
 CNode* FindNode(const NodeId id); //TODO: Remove this
-bool OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFailure, CSemaphoreGrant *grantOutbound = NULL, const char *strDest = NULL, bool fOneShot = false, bool fFeeler = false);
 
 class CConnman
 {
@@ -103,6 +102,7 @@ public:
     bool Start(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, std::string& strNodeError);
     void Stop();
     bool BindListenPort(const CService &bindAddr, std::string& strError, bool fWhitelisted = false);
+    bool OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect, bool fCountFailure, CSemaphoreGrant *grantOutbound = NULL, const char *strDest = NULL, bool fOneShot = false, bool fFeeler = false);
 
 private:
     struct ListenSocket {
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ private:
     void ThreadSocketHandler();
     void ThreadDNSAddressSeed();
 
+    CNode* ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest, bool fCountFailure);
+
     std::vector<ListenSocket> vhListenSocket;
 };
 extern std::unique_ptr<CConnman> g_connman;
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 840bfd5a2..edf33c70b 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -214,12 +214,15 @@ UniValue addnode(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("addnode", "\"192.168.0.6:8333\", \"onetry\"")
         );
 
+    if(!g_connman)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_CLIENT_P2P_DISABLED, "Error: Peer-to-peer functionality missing or disabled");
+
     string strNode = params[0].get_str();
 
     if (strCommand == "onetry")
     {
         CAddress addr;
-        OpenNetworkConnection(addr, false, NULL, strNode.c_str());
+        g_connman->OpenNetworkConnection(addr, false, NULL, strNode.c_str());
         return NullUniValue;
     }