diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
index 600aed6114..ea4e1a05b5 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/CapacityLimitSpec.scala
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ class CapacityLimitSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = ERROR\nakka.io.tcp.max
       // we now have three channels registered: a listener, a server connection and a client connection
       // so register one more channel
       val commander = TestProbe()
-      commander.send(IO(Tcp), Bind(bindHandler.ref, temporaryServerAddress()))
+      val addresses = temporaryServerAddresses(2)
+      commander.send(IO(Tcp), Bind(bindHandler.ref, addresses(0)))
       commander.expectMsg(Bound)
 
       // we are now at the configured max-channel capacity of 4
 
-      val bindToFail = Bind(bindHandler.ref, temporaryServerAddress())
+      val bindToFail = Bind(bindHandler.ref, addresses(1))
       commander.send(IO(Tcp), bindToFail)
       commander.expectMsgType[CommandFailed].cmd must be theSameInstanceAs (bindToFail)
 
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TestUtils.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TestUtils.scala
index 8c33c2d938..27c9dd21a9 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TestUtils.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/TestUtils.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 package akka.io
 
+import scala.collection.immutable
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
 import akka.actor.{ Terminated, ActorSystem, ActorRef }
@@ -11,13 +12,18 @@ import akka.testkit.TestProbe
 
 object TestUtils {
 
-  def temporaryServerAddress(address: String = "127.0.0.1"): InetSocketAddress = {
-    val serverSocket = ServerSocketChannel.open()
-    try {
-      serverSocket.socket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(address, 0))
+  def temporaryServerAddress(address: String = "127.0.0.1"): InetSocketAddress =
+    temporaryServerAddresses(1, address).head
+
+  def temporaryServerAddresses(numberOfAddresses: Int, hostname: String = "127.0.0.1"): immutable.IndexedSeq[InetSocketAddress] = {
+    val sockets = for (_ ← 1 to numberOfAddresses) yield {
+      val serverSocket = ServerSocketChannel.open()
+      serverSocket.socket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(hostname, 0))
       val port = serverSocket.socket.getLocalPort
-      new InetSocketAddress(address, port)
-    } finally serverSocket.close()
+      (serverSocket, new InetSocketAddress(hostname, port))
+    }
+
+    sockets collect { case (socket, address) ⇒ socket.close(); address }
   }
 
   def verifyActorTermination(actor: ActorRef)(implicit system: ActorSystem): Unit = {
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnIntegrationSpec.scala
index dfaffcd00d..e387255150 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpConnIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ import akka.actor.ActorRef
 
 class UdpConnIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with ImplicitSender {
 
-  def bindUdp(handler: ActorRef): (InetSocketAddress, ActorRef) = {
-    val address = temporaryServerAddress()
+  val addresses = temporaryServerAddresses(3)
+
+  def bindUdp(address: InetSocketAddress, handler: ActorRef): ActorRef = {
     val commander = TestProbe()
     commander.send(IO(UdpFF), UdpFF.Bind(handler, address))
     commander.expectMsg(UdpFF.Bound)
-    (address, commander.sender)
+    commander.sender
   }
 
   def connectUdp(localAddress: Option[InetSocketAddress], remoteAddress: InetSocketAddress, handler: ActorRef): ActorRef = {
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ class UdpConnIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with Impli
   "The UDP connection oriented implementation" must {
 
     "be able to send and receive without binding" in {
-      val (serverAddress, server) = bindUdp(testActor)
+      val serverAddress = addresses(0)
+      val server = bindUdp(serverAddress, testActor)
       val data1 = ByteString("To infinity and beyond!")
       val data2 = ByteString("All your datagram belong to us")
       connectUdp(localAddress = None, serverAddress, testActor) ! UdpConn.Send(data1)
@@ -49,8 +51,9 @@ class UdpConnIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with Impli
     }
 
     "be able to send and receive with binding" in {
-      val clientAddress = temporaryServerAddress()
-      val (serverAddress, server) = bindUdp(testActor)
+      val serverAddress = addresses(1)
+      val clientAddress = addresses(2)
+      val server = bindUdp(serverAddress, testActor)
       val data1 = ByteString("To infinity and beyond!")
       val data2 = ByteString("All your datagram belong to us")
       connectUdp(Some(clientAddress), serverAddress, testActor) ! UdpConn.Send(data1)
diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpFFIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpFFIntegrationSpec.scala
index 88d41a21c4..6ed1325cfb 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpFFIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/io/UdpFFIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import akka.actor.ActorRef
 
 class UdpFFIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with ImplicitSender {
 
-  def bindUdp(handler: ActorRef): (InetSocketAddress, ActorRef) = {
-    val address = temporaryServerAddress()
+  val addresses = temporaryServerAddresses(3)
+
+  def bindUdp(address: InetSocketAddress, handler: ActorRef): ActorRef = {
     val commander = TestProbe()
     commander.send(IO(UdpFF), Bind(handler, address))
     commander.expectMsg(Bound)
-    (address, commander.sender)
+    commander.sender
   }
 
   val simpleSender: ActorRef = {
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ class UdpFFIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with Implici
   "The UDP Fire-and-Forget implementation" must {
 
     "be able to send without binding" in {
-      val (serverAddress, server) = bindUdp(testActor)
+      val serverAddress = addresses(0)
+      val server = bindUdp(serverAddress, testActor)
       val data = ByteString("To infinity and beyond!")
       simpleSender ! Send(data, serverAddress)
 
@@ -39,8 +41,10 @@ class UdpFFIntegrationSpec extends AkkaSpec("akka.loglevel = INFO") with Implici
     }
 
     "be able to send with binding" in {
-      val (serverAddress, server) = bindUdp(testActor)
-      val (clientAddress, client) = bindUdp(testActor)
+      val serverAddress = addresses(1)
+      val clientAddress = addresses(2)
+      val server = bindUdp(serverAddress, testActor)
+      val client = bindUdp(clientAddress, testActor)
       val data = ByteString("Fly little packet!")
 
       client ! Send(data, serverAddress)