diff --git a/components/engine/api/client/port.go b/components/engine/api/client/port.go
index a981bc5e63..ac673267ea 100644
--- a/components/engine/api/client/port.go
+++ b/components/engine/api/client/port.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package client
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -20,23 +19,11 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdPort(args ...string) error {
 
 	cmd.ParseFlags(args, true)
 
-	serverResp, err := cli.call("GET", "/containers/"+cmd.Arg(0)+"/json", nil, nil)
+	c, err := cli.client.ContainerInspect(cmd.Arg(0))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	defer serverResp.body.Close()
-
-	var c struct {
-		NetworkSettings struct {
-			Ports nat.PortMap
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(serverResp.body).Decode(&c); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	if cmd.NArg() == 2 {
 		var (
 			port  = cmd.Arg(1)