diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 515970f1..949f2503 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -875,10 +875,7 @@ func loadConfig() (*config, error) {
 	// inbound support is enabled.
 	if cfg.Tor.V2 || cfg.Tor.V3 {
 		for _, addr := range cfg.Listeners {
-			// Due to the addresses being normalized above, we can
-			// skip checking the error.
-			host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(addr.String())
-			if lncfg.IsLoopback(addr) {
+			if lncfg.IsLoopback(addr.String()) {
 				continue
 			}
 
diff --git a/lncfg/address.go b/lncfg/address.go
index 25d07fe6..fb4deb77 100644
--- a/lncfg/address.go
+++ b/lncfg/address.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func EnforceSafeAuthentication(addrs []net.Addr, macaroonsActive bool) error {
 	// on. If it's a localhost address, we'll skip it, otherwise, we'll
 	// return an error if macaroons are inactive.
 	for _, addr := range addrs {
-		if IsLoopback(addr) || IsUnix(addr) {
+		if IsLoopback(addr.String()) || IsUnix(addr) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ func TlsListenOnAddress(addr net.Addr,
 }
 
 // IsLoopback returns true if an address describes a loopback interface.
-func IsLoopback(addr net.Addr) bool {
+func IsLoopback(addr string) bool {
 	for _, loopback := range loopBackAddrs {
-		if strings.Contains(addr.String(), loopback) {
+		if strings.Contains(addr, loopback) {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lncfg/address_test.go b/lncfg/address_test.go
index ff2db4ac..92ed488d 100644
--- a/lncfg/address_test.go
+++ b/lncfg/address_test.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestAddresses(t *testing.T) {
 				netAddr.Network(), netAddr.String(),
 			)
 		}
-		isAddrLoopback := IsLoopback(normalized[0])
+		isAddrLoopback := IsLoopback(normalized[0].String())
 		if testVector.isLoopback != isAddrLoopback {
 			t.Fatalf("#%v: mismatched loopback detection: expected "+
 				"%v, got %v for addr %s",