diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/nt_p2p_port.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/nt_p2p_port.cpp
index cf7441db35..61039c7856 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/nt_p2p_port.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/nt_p2p_port.cpp
@@ -75,16 +75,14 @@ nt_p2p_port::nt_p2p_port(u16 port)
 	else
 	{
 		::sockaddr_in p2p_ipv4_addr{.sin_family = AF_INET, .sin_port = be_port};
-		p2p_ipv4_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = nph.get_bind_ip();
+		const u32 bind_ip = nph.get_bind_ip();
+		p2p_ipv4_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = bind_ip;
 
-		if (ret_bind = ::bind(p2p_socket, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&p2p_ipv4_addr), sizeof(p2p_ipv4_addr)); ret_bind == -1)
+		if (ret_bind = ::bind(p2p_socket, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&p2p_ipv4_addr), sizeof(p2p_ipv4_addr)); ret_bind == -1 && bind_ip)
 		{
-			if (nph.get_bind_ip())
-			{
-				sys_net.error("Failed to bind to %s:%d, falling back to 0.0.0.0:%d", np::ip_to_string(nph.get_bind_ip()), port, port);
-				p2p_ipv4_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
-				ret_bind = ::bind(p2p_socket, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&p2p_ipv4_addr), sizeof(p2p_ipv4_addr));
-			}
+			sys_net.error("Failed to bind to %s:%d, falling back to 0.0.0.0:%d", np::ip_to_string(bind_ip), port, port);
+			p2p_ipv4_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
+			ret_bind = ::bind(p2p_socket, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&p2p_ipv4_addr), sizeof(p2p_ipv4_addr));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/sys_net_helpers.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/sys_net_helpers.cpp
index 96a0f62362..6bc03320cd 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/sys_net_helpers.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/sys_net_helpers.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 #include "sys_net_helpers.h"
 #include "network_context.h"
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include "Emu/NP/np_handler.h"
+#include "Emu/NP/np_helpers.h"
+#endif
+
 LOG_CHANNEL(sys_net);
 
 int get_native_error()
@@ -159,8 +164,19 @@ sys_net_sockaddr native_addr_to_sys_net_addr(const ::sockaddr_storage& native_ad
 	// Windows doesn't support sending packets to 0.0.0.0 but it works on unixes, send to 127.0.0.1 instead
 	if (native_addr.sin_addr.s_addr == 0x00000000)
 	{
-		sys_net.warning("[Native] Redirected 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1");
-		native_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = std::bit_cast<u32, be_t<u32>>(0x7F000001);
+		auto& nph = g_fxo->get<named_thread<np::np_handler>>();
+		if (const u32 bind_addr = nph.get_bind_ip(); bind_addr != 0)
+		{
+			// If bind IP is set 0.0.0.0 was bound to binding_ip so we need to connect to that ip
+			sys_net.warning("[Native] Redirected 0.0.0.0 to %s", np::ip_to_string(bind_addr));
+			native_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = bind_addr;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			// Otherwise we connect to localhost which should be bound
+			sys_net.warning("[Native] Redirected 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1");
+			native_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = std::bit_cast<u32, be_t<u32>>(0x7F000001);
+		}
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/ip_address.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/ip_address.cpp
index 7adb38f113..ce7b460272 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/ip_address.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/ip_address.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_net/sys_net_helpers.h"
 #include "stdafx.h"
 #include "Emu/system_config.h"
 #include "ip_address.h"
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
index 4d6ce2e2a1..7d80c361a8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/NP/rpcn_client.cpp
@@ -1078,9 +1078,9 @@ namespace rpcn
 			sockaddr_in sock_addr = {.sin_family = AF_INET};
 			sock_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = binding_address;
 
-			if (::bind(sockfd, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&sock_addr), sizeof(sock_addr)) == -1)
+			if (binding_address != 0 && ::bind(sockfd, reinterpret_cast<const sockaddr*>(&sock_addr), sizeof(sock_addr)) == -1)
 			{
-				rpcn_log.error("bind: Failed to bind RPCN client socket to binding address!");
+				rpcn_log.error("bind: Failed to bind RPCN client socket to binding address(%s): 0x%x!", np::ip_to_string(binding_address), get_native_error());
 				state = rpcn_state::failure_binding;
 				return false;
 			}