diff --git a/app/interactions/actions/simple_mail_validator.rb b/app/interactions/actions/simple_mail_validator.rb
index f2e9a479f..8d7107602 100644
--- a/app/interactions/actions/simple_mail_validator.rb
+++ b/app/interactions/actions/simple_mail_validator.rb
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ module Actions
     extend self
 
     def run(email:, level:)
-      local_part, domain = email.split('@')
-      decoded_domain = Addressable::IDNA.to_unicode(domain)
-      email = "#{local_part}@#{decoded_domain}"
+      email = decode_email_punycode(email)
 
       result = truemail_validate(email: email, level: level)
       result = validate_for_a_and_aaaa_records(email) if !result && level == :mx
@@ -36,6 +34,12 @@ module Actions
       logger.info "Validated #{type} record for #{email}. Validation result - #{result}"
     end
 
+    def decode_email_punycode(email)
+      local_part, domain = email.split('@')
+      decoded_domain = Addressable::IDNA.to_unicode(domain)
+      "#{local_part}@#{decoded_domain}"
+    end
+
     def logger
       @logger ||= Rails.logger
     end