diff --git a/libretro-common/net/net_natt.c b/libretro-common/net/net_natt.c
index 9d5144f9d2..bfe7c570a7 100644
--- a/libretro-common/net/net_natt.c
+++ b/libretro-common/net/net_natt.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ bool natt_init(void)
 
 #if !defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER > 1400
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(IP_MULTICAST_IF)
-   if (GetBestRoute(0xDFFFFFFF, 0, &ip_forward) == NO_ERROR)
+   if (GetBestRoute(inet_addr("223.255.255.255"),
+      0, &ip_forward) == NO_ERROR)
    {
       IF_INDEX         index = ip_forward.dwForwardIfIndex;
       PMIB_IPADDRTABLE table = malloc(sizeof(MIB_IPADDRTABLE));
diff --git a/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c b/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
index 1d0a7e37ad..1d670a3d9a 100644
--- a/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
+++ b/network/netplay/netplay_frontend.c
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ bool init_netplay_discovery(void)
    int fd                     = socket_init(
       (void **) &addr, 0, NULL,
       SOCKET_TYPE_DATAGRAM);
-   bool ret                   = fd >= 0 &&
-      socket_bind(fd, addr);
+   bool ret                   = fd >= 0;
 
    if (ret)
    {
@@ -250,7 +249,8 @@ bool init_netplay_discovery(void)
 #if defined(_WIN32) && defined(IP_MULTICAST_IF)
       MIB_IPFORWARDROW ip_forward;
 
-      if (GetBestRoute(0xDFFFFFFF, 0, &ip_forward) == NO_ERROR)
+      if (GetBestRoute(inet_addr("223.255.255.255"),
+         0, &ip_forward) == NO_ERROR)
       {
          IF_INDEX         index = ip_forward.dwForwardIfIndex;
          PMIB_IPADDRTABLE table = malloc(sizeof(MIB_IPADDRTABLE));
@@ -306,16 +306,11 @@ bool init_netplay_discovery(void)
       }
 #endif
 
-      if (!socket_bind(fd, addr))
-      {
-         socket_close(fd);
-         net_st->lan_ad_client_fd = -1;
-         return false;
-      }
-
       net_st->lan_ad_client_fd = fd;
+
+      ret = socket_bind(fd, addr);
    }
-   else
+   if (!ret)
    {
       if (fd >= 0)
          socket_close(fd);