diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/BBA/BuiltIn.h b/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/BBA/BuiltIn.h
index 981b2e46e2..3edfbd7840 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/BBA/BuiltIn.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/BBA/BuiltIn.h
@@ -92,3 +92,21 @@ struct StackRef
   BbaTcpSocket tcp_socket;
   u64 poke_time;
 };
+
+// Max 10 at same time, I think most gc game had a
+// limit of 8 in the GC framework
+using StackRefs = std::array<StackRef, 10>;
+
+class NetworkRef
+{
+public:
+  StackRefs& data() { return m_stacks; }
+  const StackRefs& data() const { return m_stacks; }
+  auto begin() { return m_stacks.begin(); }
+  auto begin() const { return m_stacks.cbegin(); }
+  auto end() { return m_stacks.end(); }
+  auto end() const { return m_stacks.cend(); }
+
+private:
+  StackRefs m_stacks;
+};
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/EXI_DeviceEthernet.h b/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/EXI_DeviceEthernet.h
index 465f050521..4dde4e8a06 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/EXI_DeviceEthernet.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/HW/EXI/EXI_DeviceEthernet.h
@@ -456,8 +456,7 @@ private:
     sf::TcpListener m_upnp_httpd;
 #if defined(WIN32) || defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) ||          \
     defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
-    std::array<StackRef, 10> network_ref{};  // max 10 at same time, i think most gc game had a
-                                             // limit of 8 in the gc framework
+    NetworkRef network_ref;
     std::thread m_read_thread;
     Common::Flag m_read_enabled;
     Common::Flag m_read_thread_shutdown;