diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
index d1fd40d95..9bce4cda4 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_support/support_wifi.ino
@@ -819,17 +819,23 @@ void wifiKeepAlive(void) {
 bool WifiHostByName(const char* aHostname, IPAddress& aResult) {
 #ifdef ESP8266
   if (WiFi.hostByName(aHostname, aResult, Settings->dns_timeout)) {
-    return true;
+    // Host name resolved
+    if (0xFFFFFFFF != (uint32_t)aResult) {
+      return true;
+    }
   }
 #else
   // DnsClient can't do one-shot mDNS queries so use WiFi.hostByName() for *.local
   size_t hostname_len = strlen(aHostname);
   if (strstr_P(aHostname, PSTR(".local")) == &aHostname[hostname_len] - 6) {
     if (WiFi.hostByName(aHostname, aResult)) {
-      return true;
+      // Host name resolved
+      if (0xFFFFFFFF != (uint32_t)aResult) {
+        return true;
+      }
     }
   } else {
-  // Use this instead of WiFi.hostByName or connect(host_name,.. to block less if DNS server is not found
+    // Use this instead of WiFi.hostByName or connect(host_name,.. to block less if DNS server is not found
     uint32_t dns_address = (!TasmotaGlobal.global_state.eth_down) ? Settings->eth_ipv4_address[3] : Settings->ipv4_address[3];
     DnsClient.begin((IPAddress)dns_address);
     if (1 == DnsClient.getHostByName(aHostname, aResult)) {