diff --git a/dht.go b/dht.go
index bd28a256..824c17e5 100644
--- a/dht.go
+++ b/dht.go
@@ -737,8 +737,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) FindLocal(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) peer.AddrInfo {
 	_, span := internal.StartSpan(ctx, "IpfsDHT.FindLocal", trace.WithAttributes(attribute.Stringer("PeerID", id)))
 	defer span.End()
 
-	connectedness := dht.host.Network().Connectedness(id)
-	if connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if HasValidConnectedness(dht.host, id) {
 		return dht.peerstore.PeerInfo(id)
 	}
 	return peer.AddrInfo{}
@@ -927,8 +926,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) newContextWithLocalTags(ctx context.Context, extraTags ...ta
 
 func (dht *IpfsDHT) maybeAddAddrs(p peer.ID, addrs []ma.Multiaddr, ttl time.Duration) {
 	// Don't add addresses for self or our connected peers. We have better ones.
-	connectedness := dht.host.Network().Connectedness(p)
-	if p == dht.self || connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if p == dht.self || HasValidConnectedness(dht.host, p) {
 		return
 	}
 	dht.peerstore.AddAddrs(p, dht.filterAddrs(addrs), ttl)
diff --git a/dht_filters.go b/dht_filters.go
index 27e9e8d9..c56c3ca1 100644
--- a/dht_filters.go
+++ b/dht_filters.go
@@ -238,3 +238,8 @@ func inAddrRange(ip net.IP, ipnets []*net.IPNet) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+func HasValidConnectedness(host host.Host, id peer.ID) bool {
+	connectedness := host.Network().Connectedness(id)
+	return connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited
+}
diff --git a/fullrt/dht.go b/fullrt/dht.go
index 91e519ae..3383b27e 100644
--- a/fullrt/dht.go
+++ b/fullrt/dht.go
@@ -1459,8 +1459,7 @@ func (dht *FullRT) FindPeer(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) (pi peer.AddrInfo,
 
 	// Return peer information if we tried to dial the peer during the query or we are (or recently were) connected
 	// to the peer.
-	connectedness := dht.h.Network().Connectedness(id)
-	if connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if kaddht.HasValidConnectedness(dht.h, id) {
 		return dht.h.Peerstore().PeerInfo(id), nil
 	}
 
@@ -1538,8 +1537,7 @@ func (dht *FullRT) getRecordFromDatastore(ctx context.Context, dskey ds.Key) (*r
 
 // FindLocal looks for a peer with a given ID connected to this dht and returns the peer and the table it was found in.
 func (dht *FullRT) FindLocal(id peer.ID) peer.AddrInfo {
-	connectedness := dht.h.Network().Connectedness(id)
-	if connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if kaddht.HasValidConnectedness(dht.h, id) {
 		return dht.h.Peerstore().PeerInfo(id)
 	}
 	return peer.AddrInfo{}
@@ -1547,8 +1545,7 @@ func (dht *FullRT) FindLocal(id peer.ID) peer.AddrInfo {
 
 func (dht *FullRT) maybeAddAddrs(p peer.ID, addrs []multiaddr.Multiaddr, ttl time.Duration) {
 	// Don't add addresses for self or our connected peers. We have better ones.
-	connectedness := dht.h.Network().Connectedness(p)
-	if p == dht.h.ID() || connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if p == dht.h.ID() || kaddht.HasValidConnectedness(dht.h, p) {
 		return
 	}
 	dht.h.Peerstore().AddAddrs(p, addrs, ttl)
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 7c01a2af..f7e10e9b 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/network"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	pstore "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peerstore"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/routing"
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) dialPeer(ctx context.Context, p peer.ID) error {
 	defer span.End()
 
 	// short-circuit if we're already connected.
-	if dht.host.Network().Connectedness(p) == network.Connected {
+	if HasValidConnectedness(dht.host, p) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/routing.go b/routing.go
index 83f09535..bba9bdb1 100644
--- a/routing.go
+++ b/routing.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/network"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peerstore"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/routing"
@@ -664,8 +663,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) FindPeer(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) (pi peer.AddrInfo,
 			return peers, err
 		},
 		func(*qpeerset.QueryPeerset) bool {
-			connectedness := dht.host.Network().Connectedness(id)
-			return connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited
+			return HasValidConnectedness(dht.host, id)
 		},
 	)
 
@@ -686,8 +684,7 @@ func (dht *IpfsDHT) FindPeer(ctx context.Context, id peer.ID) (pi peer.AddrInfo,
 
 	// Return peer information if we tried to dial the peer during the query or we are (or recently were) connected
 	// to the peer.
-	connectedness := dht.host.Network().Connectedness(id)
-	if dialedPeerDuringQuery || connectedness == network.Connected || connectedness == network.Limited {
+	if dialedPeerDuringQuery || HasValidConnectedness(dht.host, id) {
 		return dht.peerstore.PeerInfo(id), nil
 	}