diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_endp.c b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_endp.c
index 41e0d4f..16043d4 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_endp.c
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_endp.c
@@ -300,32 +300,6 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Check if the domain name, which is supplied with the endpoint name
- * matches the configuration. */
-static int check_domain_name(const char *epname, struct mgcp_config *cfg)
-{
-	char *domain_to_check;
-
-	domain_to_check = strstr(epname, "@");
-	if (!domain_to_check) {
-		LOGP(DLMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "missing domain name in endpoint name \"%s\", expecting \"%s\"\n",
-		     epname, cfg->domain);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	/* Accept any domain if configured as "*" */
-	if (!strcmp(cfg->domain, "*"))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (strcmp(domain_to_check+1, cfg->domain) != 0) {
-		LOGP(DLMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "wrong domain name in endpoint name \"%s\", expecting \"%s\"\n",
-		     epname, cfg->domain);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*! Find an endpoint by its name, search at all trunks.
  *  \param[out] cause, pointer to store cause code, can be NULL.
  *  \param[in] epname, must contain trunk prefix.
@@ -349,10 +323,6 @@
 	if (!trunk)
 		return NULL;
 
-	/* All endpoint names require a domain as suffix */
-	if (check_domain_name(epname, cfg))
-		return NULL;
-
 	/* Identify the endpoint on the trunk */
         endp = mgcp_endp_by_name_trunk(cause, epname, trunk);
 	if (!endp) {
diff --git a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_trunk.c b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_trunk.c
index 27663b4..73de972 100644
--- a/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_trunk.c
+++ b/src/libosmo-mgcp/mgcp_trunk.c
@@ -206,6 +206,32 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/* Check if the domain name, which is supplied with the endpoint name
+ * matches the configuration. */
+static int check_domain_name(const char *epname, const struct mgcp_config *cfg)
+{
+	char *domain_to_check;
+
+	domain_to_check = strstr(epname, "@");
+	if (!domain_to_check) {
+		LOGP(DLMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "missing domain name in endpoint name \"%s\", expecting \"%s\"\n",
+		     epname, cfg->domain);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Accept any domain if configured as "*" */
+	if (!strcmp(cfg->domain, "*"))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strcmp(domain_to_check+1, cfg->domain) != 0) {
+		LOGP(DLMGCP, LOGL_ERROR, "wrong domain name in endpoint name \"%s\", expecting \"%s\"\n",
+		     epname, cfg->domain);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*! Find a trunk by the trunk prefix in the endpoint name.
  *  \param[in] epname endpoint name with trunk prefix to look up.
  *  \param[in] cfg that contains the trunks where the endpoint is located.
@@ -220,6 +246,10 @@
 	osmo_str_tolower_buf(epname_lc, sizeof(epname_lc), epname);
 	epname = epname_lc;
 
+	/* All endpoint names require a domain as suffix */
+	if (check_domain_name(epname, cfg))
+		return NULL;
+
 	prefix_len = sizeof(MGCP_ENDPOINT_PREFIX_VIRTUAL_TRUNK) - 1;
 	if (strncmp(epname, MGCP_ENDPOINT_PREFIX_VIRTUAL_TRUNK, prefix_len) == 0) {
 		return mgcp_trunk_by_num(cfg, MGCP_TRUNK_VIRTUAL, MGCP_VIRT_TRUNK_ID);