diff --git a/scylla/src/transport/connection_pool.rs b/scylla/src/transport/connection_pool.rs
index 9e7a6b575..54d70c0eb 100644
--- a/scylla/src/transport/connection_pool.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/transport/connection_pool.rs
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ impl PoolRefiller {
     // `last_error` must not be `None` if there is a possibility of the pool
     // being empty.
     fn update_shared_conns(&mut self, last_error: Option<ConnectionError>) {
-        let new_conns = if !self.has_connections() {
+        let new_conns = if self.is_empty() {
             Arc::new(MaybePoolConnections::Broken(last_error.unwrap()))
         } else {
             let new_conns = if let Some(sharder) = self.sharder.as_ref() {
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ impl PoolRefiller {
                 self.conns[shard_id].len(),
                 self.active_connection_count(),
             );
-            if !self.has_connections() {
+            if self.is_empty() {
                 let _ = self.pool_empty_notifier.send(());
             }
             self.update_shared_conns(Some(last_error));
@@ -1152,10 +1152,6 @@ impl PoolRefiller {
         );
     }
 
-    fn has_connections(&self) -> bool {
-        self.conns.iter().any(|v| !v.is_empty())
-    }
-
     fn active_connection_count(&self) -> usize {
         self.conns.iter().map(Vec::len).sum::<usize>()
     }
diff --git a/scylla/src/transport/node.rs b/scylla/src/transport/node.rs
index c7f438362..ba2b3d9f4 100644
--- a/scylla/src/transport/node.rs
+++ b/scylla/src/transport/node.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use tokio::net::lookup_host;
 use tracing::warn;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -270,27 +271,23 @@ pub(crate) struct ResolvedContactPoint {
 // The resolution may return multiple IPs and the function returns one of them.
 // It prefers to return IPv4s first, and only if there are none, IPv6s.
 pub(crate) async fn resolve_hostname(hostname: &str) -> Result<SocketAddr, io::Error> {
-    let mut ret = None;
-    let addrs: Vec<SocketAddr> = match lookup_host(hostname).await {
-        Ok(addrs) => addrs.collect(),
+    let addrs = match lookup_host(hostname).await {
+        Ok(addrs) => itertools::Either::Left(addrs),
         // Use a default port in case of error, but propagate the original error on failure
-        Err(e) => lookup_host((hostname, 9042)).await.or(Err(e))?.collect(),
-    };
-    for a in addrs {
-        match a {
-            SocketAddr::V4(_) => return Ok(a),
-            _ => {
-                ret = Some(a);
-            }
+        Err(e) => {
+            let addrs = lookup_host((hostname, 9042)).await.or(Err(e))?;
+            itertools::Either::Right(addrs)
         }
-    }
+    };
 
-    ret.ok_or_else(|| {
-        io::Error::new(
-            io::ErrorKind::Other,
-            format!("Empty address list returned by DNS for {}", hostname),
-        )
-    })
+    addrs
+        .find_or_last(|addr| matches!(addr, SocketAddr::V4(_)))
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            io::Error::new(
+                io::ErrorKind::Other,
+                format!("Empty address list returned by DNS for {}", hostname),
+            )
+        })
 }
 
 /// Transforms the given [`InternalKnownNode`]s into [`ContactPoint`]s.
@@ -323,18 +320,20 @@ pub(crate) async fn resolve_contact_points(
             }) => to_resolve.push((hostname, Some(datacenter.clone()))),
         };
     }
-    let resolve_futures = to_resolve.iter().map(|(hostname, datacenter)| async move {
-        match resolve_hostname(hostname).await {
-            Ok(address) => Some(ResolvedContactPoint {
-                address,
-                datacenter: datacenter.clone(),
-            }),
-            Err(e) => {
-                warn!("Hostname resolution failed for {}: {}", hostname, &e);
-                None
+    let resolve_futures = to_resolve
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(hostname, datacenter)| async move {
+            match resolve_hostname(hostname).await {
+                Ok(address) => Some(ResolvedContactPoint {
+                    address,
+                    datacenter,
+                }),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    warn!("Hostname resolution failed for {}: {}", hostname, &e);
+                    None
+                }
             }
-        }
-    });
+        });
     let resolved: Vec<_> = futures::future::join_all(resolve_futures).await;
     initial_peers.extend(resolved.into_iter().flatten());