diff --git a/pkg/netutil/netutil.go b/pkg/netutil/netutil.go
index b3ff499d6..6c1dc96c8 100644
--- a/pkg/netutil/netutil.go
+++ b/pkg/netutil/netutil.go
@@ -35,15 +35,24 @@ var (
 )
 
 // resolveTCPAddrs is a convenience wrapper for net.ResolveTCPAddr.
-// resolveTCPAddrs resolves all DNS hostnames in-place for the given set of
-// url.URLs.
-func resolveTCPAddrs(urls ...[]url.URL) error {
+// resolveTCPAddrs return a new set of url.URLs, in which all DNS hostnames
+// are resolved.
+func resolveTCPAddrs(urls [][]url.URL) ([][]url.URL, error) {
+	newurls := make([][]url.URL, 0)
 	for _, us := range urls {
+		nus := make([]url.URL, len(us))
 		for i, u := range us {
+			nu, err := url.Parse(u.String())
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			nus[i] = *nu
+		}
+		for i, u := range nus {
 			host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(u.Host)
 			if err != nil {
 				plog.Errorf("could not parse url %s during tcp resolving", u.Host)
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			if host == "localhost" {
 				continue
@@ -54,13 +63,14 @@ func resolveTCPAddrs(urls ...[]url.URL) error {
 			tcpAddr, err := resolveTCPAddr("tcp", u.Host)
 			if err != nil {
 				plog.Errorf("could not resolve host %s", u.Host)
-				return err
+				return nil, err
 			}
 			plog.Infof("resolving %s to %s", u.Host, tcpAddr.String())
-			us[i].Host = tcpAddr.String()
+			nus[i].Host = tcpAddr.String()
 		}
+		newurls = append(newurls, nus)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return newurls, nil
 }
 
 // urlsEqual checks equality of url.URLS between two arrays.
@@ -69,7 +79,11 @@ func urlsEqual(a []url.URL, b []url.URL) bool {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return false
 	}
-	resolveTCPAddrs(a, b)
+	urls, err := resolveTCPAddrs([][]url.URL{a, b})
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	a, b = urls[0], urls[1]
 	sort.Sort(types.URLs(a))
 	sort.Sort(types.URLs(b))
 	for i := range a {
diff --git a/pkg/netutil/netutil_test.go b/pkg/netutil/netutil_test.go
index 1bf000694..123829dd0 100644
--- a/pkg/netutil/netutil_test.go
+++ b/pkg/netutil/netutil_test.go
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ func TestResolveTCPAddrs(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			return &net.TCPAddr{IP: net.ParseIP(tt.hostMap[host]), Port: i, Zone: ""}, nil
 		}
-		err := resolveTCPAddrs(tt.urls...)
+		urls, err := resolveTCPAddrs(tt.urls)
 		if tt.hasError {
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Errorf("expected error")
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.urls, tt.expected) {
-			t.Errorf("expected: %v, got %v", tt.expected, tt.urls)
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(urls, tt.expected) {
+			t.Errorf("expected: %v, got %v", tt.expected, urls)
 		}
 	}
 }