diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index bd172e1ee0ae..d2cadb5b2b63 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,9 @@ int ceph_parse_ips(const char *c, const char *end,
 				port = (port * 10) + (*p - '0');
 				p++;
 			}
-			if (port > 65535 || port == 0)
+			if (port == 0)
+				port = CEPH_MON_PORT;
+			else if (port > 65535)
 				goto bad;
 		} else {
 			port = CEPH_MON_PORT;