diff --git a/daemon/redis.c b/daemon/redis.c
index 85129eaa4..eedafcf5e 100644
--- a/daemon/redis.c
+++ b/daemon/redis.c
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static int redis_hash_get_endpoint(struct endpoint *out, const struct redis_hash
 
 	if (redis_hash_get_str(&s, h, k))
 		return -1;
-	if (endpoint_parse_any(out, s.s))
+	if (!endpoint_parse_any(out, s.s))
 		return -1;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/socket.c b/lib/socket.c
index 2cd147aff..59db5d4d6 100644
--- a/lib/socket.c
+++ b/lib/socket.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ sockfamily_t *get_socket_family_rfc(const str *s) {
 sockfamily_t *__get_socket_family_enum(enum socket_families i) {
 	return &__socket_families[i];
 }
-int endpoint_parse_any(endpoint_t *d, const char *s) {
+bool endpoint_parse_any(endpoint_t *d, const char *s) {
 	int i;
 	sockfamily_t *fam;
 	unsigned int len;
@@ -604,29 +604,29 @@ int endpoint_parse_any(endpoint_t *d, const char *s) {
 	ep = strrchr(s, ':');
 	if (!ep) {
 		if (strchr(s, '.'))
-			return -1;
+			return false;
 		/* just a port number */
 		d->port = atoi(s);
 		ZERO(d->address);
 		d->address.family = __get_socket_family_enum(SF_IP4);
-		return 0;
+		return true;
 	}
 	len = ep - s;
 	if (len >= sizeof(buf))
-		return -1;
+		return false;
 	d->port = atoi(ep+1);
 	if (d->port > 0xffff)
-		return -1;
+		return false;
 	sprintf(buf, "%.*s", len, s);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < __SF_LAST; i++) {
 		fam = &__socket_families[i];
 		if (fam->addr_parse(&d->address, buf)) {
 			d->address.family = fam;
-			return 0;
+			return true;
 		}
 	}
-	return -1;
+	return false;
 }
 
 static int socket_addrinfo_convert(sockaddr_t *a, struct addrinfo *res) {
diff --git a/lib/socket.h b/lib/socket.h
index 8a5436a7d..b93ae141c 100644
--- a/lib/socket.h
+++ b/lib/socket.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ sockfamily_t *__get_socket_family_enum(enum socket_families);
 bool sockaddr_parse_any(sockaddr_t *dst, const char *src);
 bool sockaddr_parse_any_str(sockaddr_t *dst, const str *src);
 bool sockaddr_parse_str(sockaddr_t *dst, sockfamily_t *fam, const str *src);
-int endpoint_parse_any(endpoint_t *, const char *); // address (ip) optional
+bool endpoint_parse_any(endpoint_t *, const char *); // address (ip) optional
 int sockaddr_getaddrinfo_alt(sockaddr_t *a, sockaddr_t *a2, const char *s);
 int endpoint_parse_any_getaddrinfo_alt(endpoint_t *d, endpoint_t *d2, const char *s); // address (ip or hostname) optional
 INLINE int endpoint_parse_any_getaddrinfo(endpoint_t *d, const char *s);
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ INLINE int endpoint_parse_port_any(endpoint_t *e, const char *p, unsigned int po
 // address (ip) required
 INLINE int endpoint_parse_any_full(endpoint_t *d, const char *s) {
 	int ret;
-	ret = endpoint_parse_any(d, s);
+	ret = endpoint_parse_any(d, s) ? 0 : -1;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	if (is_addr_unspecified(&d->address))
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ INLINE int ipv46_any_convert(endpoint_t *ep) {
 INLINE int endpoint_parse_any_str(endpoint_t *d, str *s) {
 	char tmp = s->s[s->len];
 	s->s[s->len] = '\0';
-	int ret = endpoint_parse_any(d, s->s);
+	int ret = endpoint_parse_any(d, s->s) ? 0 : -1;
 	s->s[s->len] = tmp;
 	return ret;
 }