diff --git a/pkg/services/oracle/network.go b/pkg/services/oracle/network.go
index 505ac9670..3f07393e1 100644
--- a/pkg/services/oracle/network.go
+++ b/pkg/services/oracle/network.go
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package oracle
 
 import (
-	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/config"
 )
 
 // reservedCIDRs is a list of ip addresses for private networks.
@@ -31,17 +35,6 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func resolveAndCheck(network string, address string) (*net.IPAddr, error) {
-	ip, err := net.ResolveIPAddr(network, address)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if isReserved(ip.IP) {
-		return nil, errors.New("IP is not global unicast")
-	}
-	return ip, nil
-}
-
 func isReserved(ip net.IP) bool {
 	if !ip.IsGlobalUnicast() {
 		return true
@@ -53,3 +46,51 @@ func isReserved(ip net.IP) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+func getDefaultClient(cfg config.OracleConfiguration) *http.Client {
+	d := &net.Dialer{}
+	if !cfg.AllowPrivateHost {
+		// Control is used after request URI is resolved and network connection (network
+		// file descriptor) is created, but right before the moment listening/dialing
+		// is started.
+		// `address` represents resolved IP address in the format of ip:port. `address`
+		// is presented in its final (resolved) form that was used directly for network
+		// connection establishing.
+		// Control is called for each item in the set of IP addresses got from request
+		// URI resolving. The first network connection with address that passes Control
+		// function will be used for further request processing. Network connection
+		// with address that failed Control will be ignored. If all the connections
+		// fail Control then the most relevant error (the one from the first address)
+		// will be returned after `Client.Do`.
+		d.Control = func(network, address string, c syscall.RawConn) error {
+			host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to split address %s: %s", ErrRestrictedRedirect, address, err)
+			}
+			ip := net.ParseIP(host)
+			if ip == nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w: failed to parse IP address %s", ErrRestrictedRedirect, address)
+			}
+			if isReserved(ip) {
+				return fmt.Errorf("%w: IP is not global unicast", ErrRestrictedRedirect)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	var client http.Client
+	client.Transport = &http.Transport{
+		DisableKeepAlives: true,
+		// Do not set DialTLSContext, so that DialContext will be used to establish the
+		// connection. After that TLS connection will be added to a persistent connection
+		// by standard library code and handshaking will be performed.
+		DialContext: d.DialContext,
+	}
+	client.Timeout = cfg.RequestTimeout
+	client.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+		if len(via) >= maxRedirections { // from https://github.com/neo-project/neo-modules/pull/694
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %d redirections are reached", ErrRestrictedRedirect, maxRedirections)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &client
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/oracle/network_test.go b/pkg/services/oracle/network_test.go
index 2e1791c5d..37d623939 100644
--- a/pkg/services/oracle/network_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/oracle/network_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package oracle
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -16,3 +20,30 @@ func TestIsReserved(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.False(t, isReserved(net.IPv4(8, 8, 8, 8)))
 }
+
+func TestDefaultClient_RestrictedRedirectErr(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := config.OracleConfiguration{
+		AllowPrivateHost: false,
+		RequestTimeout:   time.Second,
+	}
+	cl := getDefaultClient(cfg)
+
+	testCases := []string{
+		"http://localhost:8080",
+		"http://localhost",
+		"https://localhost:443",
+		"https://" + net.IPv4zero.String(),
+		"https://" + net.IPv4(10, 0, 0, 1).String(),
+		"https://" + net.IPv4(192, 168, 0, 1).String(),
+		"https://[" + net.IPv6interfacelocalallnodes.String() + "]",
+		"https://[" + net.IPv6loopback.String() + "]",
+	}
+	for _, c := range testCases {
+		t.Run(c, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, err := cl.Get(c)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			require.True(t, errors.Is(err, ErrRestrictedRedirect), err)
+			require.True(t, strings.Contains(err.Error(), "IP is not global unicast"), err)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/oracle/oracle.go b/pkg/services/oracle/oracle.go
index 82a062f75..5165ba5c5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/oracle/oracle.go
+++ b/pkg/services/oracle/oracle.go
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package oracle
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -172,32 +169,7 @@ func NewOracle(cfg Config) (*Oracle, error) {
 		o.OnTransaction = func(*transaction.Transaction) error { return nil }
 	}
 	if o.Client == nil {
-		var client http.Client
-		client.Transport = &http.Transport{
-			DisableKeepAlives: true,
-			// Do not set DialTLSContext, so that DialContext will be used to establish the
-			// connection. After that TLS connection will be added to a persistent connection
-			// by standard library code and handshaking will be performed.
-			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network, address string) (net.Conn, error) {
-				if !o.MainCfg.AllowPrivateHost {
-					ip, err := resolveAndCheck(network, address)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: address %s failed validation: %s", ErrRestrictedRedirect, address, err)
-					}
-					network = ip.Network()
-					address = ip.IP.String()
-				}
-				return net.Dial(network, address)
-			},
-		}
-		client.Timeout = o.MainCfg.RequestTimeout
-		client.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
-			if len(via) >= maxRedirections { // from https://github.com/neo-project/neo-modules/pull/694
-				return fmt.Errorf("%w: %d redirections are reached", ErrRestrictedRedirect, maxRedirections)
-			}
-			return nil
-		}
-		o.Client = &client
+		o.Client = getDefaultClient(o.MainCfg)
 	}
 	return o, nil
 }