diff --git a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty4/Netty4Transport.java b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty4/Netty4Transport.java
index e310f3012a9fb..7eb34bcdcd3aa 100644
--- a/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty4/Netty4Transport.java
+++ b/modules/transport-netty4/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty4/Netty4Transport.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Supplier;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.SuppressForbidden;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.collect.Tuple;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
@@ -222,7 +223,8 @@ protected ChannelHandler getClientChannelInitializer() {
     static final AttributeKey<Netty4TcpServerChannel> SERVER_CHANNEL_KEY = AttributeKey.newInstance("es-server-channel");
 
     @Override
-    protected Netty4TcpChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> listener) throws IOException {
+    protected Netty4TcpChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> listener) throws IOException {
+        InetSocketAddress address = node.getAddress().address();
         ChannelFuture channelFuture = bootstrap.connect(address);
         Channel channel = channelFuture.channel();
         if (channel == null) {
diff --git a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/NioTransport.java b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/NioTransport.java
index 47229a0df2f6e..129f0ada77d5d 100644
--- a/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/NioTransport.java
+++ b/plugins/transport-nio/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/NioTransport.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.recycler.Recycler;
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ protected NioTcpServerChannel bind(String name, InetSocketAddress address) throw
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected NioTcpChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+    protected NioTcpChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+        InetSocketAddress address = node.getAddress().address();
         NioTcpChannel channel = nioGroup.openChannel(address, clientChannelFactory);
         channel.addConnectListener(ActionListener.toBiConsumer(connectListener));
         return channel;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransport.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransport.java
index 0b82417cfaa04..111c4c23aa190 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransport.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransport.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public NodeChannels openConnection(DiscoveryNode node, ConnectionProfile connect
                     try {
                         PlainActionFuture<Void> connectFuture = PlainActionFuture.newFuture();
                         connectionFutures.add(connectFuture);
-                        TcpChannel channel = initiateChannel(node.getAddress().address(), connectFuture);
+                        TcpChannel channel = initiateChannel(node, connectFuture);
                         logger.trace(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("Tcp transport client channel opened: {}", channel));
                         channels.add(channel);
                     } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -856,12 +856,12 @@ protected void serverAcceptedChannel(TcpChannel channel) {
     /**
      * Initiate a single tcp socket channel.
      *
-     * @param address address for the initiated connection
+     * @param node for the initiated connection
      * @param connectListener listener to be called when connection complete
      * @return the pending connection
      * @throws IOException if an I/O exception occurs while opening the channel
      */
-    protected abstract TcpChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException;
+    protected abstract TcpChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException;
 
     /**
      * Called to tear down internal resources
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransportTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransportTests.java
index a3d2e1bbc574e..0b6112eb51c90 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransportTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TcpTransportTests.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ protected FakeChannel bind(String name, InetSocketAddress address) throws IOExce
                 }
 
                 @Override
-                protected FakeChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+                protected FakeChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
                     return new FakeChannel(messageCaptor);
                 }
 
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/MockTcpTransport.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/MockTcpTransport.java
index e6d80ac24d88e..996508bdb887a 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/MockTcpTransport.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/MockTcpTransport.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.transport;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.cli.SuppressForbidden;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.internal.io.IOUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ private void readMessage(MockChannel mockChannel, StreamInput input) throws IOEx
 
     @Override
     @SuppressForbidden(reason = "real socket for mocking remote connections")
-    protected MockChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+    protected MockChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+        InetSocketAddress address = node.getAddress().address();
         final MockSocket socket = new MockSocket();
         final MockChannel channel = new MockChannel(socket, address, "none");
 
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/MockNioTransport.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/MockNioTransport.java
index fbe61db6ee721..19543cfdcbb15 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/MockNioTransport.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/nio/MockNioTransport.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.network.NetworkService;
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ protected MockServerChannel bind(String name, InetSocketAddress address) throws
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected MockSocketChannel initiateChannel(InetSocketAddress address, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+    protected MockSocketChannel initiateChannel(DiscoveryNode node, ActionListener<Void> connectListener) throws IOException {
+        InetSocketAddress address = node.getAddress().address();
         MockSocketChannel channel = nioGroup.openChannel(address, clientChannelFactory);
         channel.addConnectListener(ActionListener.toBiConsumer(connectListener));
         return channel;