diff --git a/rpc/client/connect.go b/rpc/client/connect.go
index 1e366236..8b7db4f1 100644
--- a/rpc/client/connect.go
+++ b/rpc/client/connect.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package client
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/url"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/rpc/grpc"
 	grpcstd "google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -52,3 +55,33 @@ func (c *Client) openGRPCConn() error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+// ParseURI parses s as address and returns a host and a flag
+// indicating that TLS is enabled. If multi-address is provided
+// the argument is returned unchanged.
+func ParseURI(s string) (string, bool, error) {
+	uri, err := url.ParseRequestURI(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return s, false, nil
+	}
+
+	// check if passed string was parsed correctly
+	// URIs that do not start with a slash after the scheme are interpreted as:
+	// `scheme:opaque` => if `opaque` is not empty, then it is supposed that URI
+	// is in `host:port` format
+	if uri.Host == "" {
+		uri.Host = uri.Scheme
+		uri.Scheme = grpcScheme // assume GRPC by default
+		if uri.Opaque != "" {
+			uri.Host = net.JoinHostPort(uri.Host, uri.Opaque)
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch uri.Scheme {
+	case grpcTLSScheme, grpcScheme:
+	default:
+		return "", false, fmt.Errorf("unsupported scheme: %s", uri.Scheme)
+	}
+
+	return uri.Host, uri.Scheme == grpcTLSScheme, nil
+}
diff --git a/rpc/client/options.go b/rpc/client/options.go
index 2c276dce..f04fc9ed 100644
--- a/rpc/client/options.go
+++ b/rpc/client/options.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package client
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
-	"net/url"
 	"time"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -58,35 +57,23 @@ func WithNetworkAddress(v string) Option {
 //
 // Ignored if WithGRPCConn is provided.
 func WithNetworkURIAddress(addr string, tlsCfg *tls.Config) []Option {
-	uri, err := url.ParseRequestURI(addr)
+	host, isTLS, err := ParseURI(addr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return []Option{WithNetworkAddress(addr)}
-	}
-
-	// check if passed string was parsed correctly
-	// URIs that do not start with a slash after the scheme are interpreted as:
-	// `scheme:opaque` => if `opaque` is not empty, then it is supposed that URI
-	// is in `host:port` format
-	if uri.Opaque != "" {
-		return []Option{WithNetworkAddress(addr)}
-	}
-
-	switch uri.Scheme {
-	case grpcScheme:
-		tlsCfg = nil
-	case grpcTLSScheme:
-		if tlsCfg == nil {
-			tlsCfg = &tls.Config{}
-		}
-	default:
-		// not supported scheme
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return []Option{
-		WithNetworkAddress(uri.Host),
-		WithTLSCfg(tlsCfg),
+	opts := make([]Option, 2)
+	opts[0] = WithNetworkAddress(host)
+	if isTLS {
+		if tlsCfg == nil {
+			tlsCfg = &tls.Config{}
+		}
+		opts[1] = WithTLSCfg(tlsCfg)
+	} else {
+		opts[1] = WithTLSCfg(nil)
 	}
+
+	return opts
 }
 
 // WithDialTimeout returns option to specify