diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index d741badc92b..bf027b28798 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -860,6 +860,11 @@ bool AppInitParameterInteraction(const ArgsManager& args)
         return InitError(Untranslated("Cannot set -bind or -whitebind together with -listen=0"));
     }
 
+    // if listen=0, then disallow listenonion=1
+    if (!args.GetBoolArg("-listen", DEFAULT_LISTEN) && args.GetBoolArg("-listenonion", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION)) {
+        return InitError(Untranslated("Cannot set -listen=0 together with -listenonion=1"));
+    }
+
     // Make sure enough file descriptors are available
     int nBind = std::max(nUserBind, size_t(1));
     nUserMaxConnections = args.GetArg("-maxconnections", DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS);