diff --git a/playbooks/vars/configs/keepalived_haproxy.yml b/playbooks/vars/configs/keepalived_haproxy.yml
index 6a783c52ff..1c15aa6b92 100644
--- a/playbooks/vars/configs/keepalived_haproxy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/vars/configs/keepalived_haproxy.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ keepalived_instances:
     priority: "{{ ((play_hosts|length-play_hosts.index(inventory_hostname))*100)-((play_hosts|length-play_hosts.index(inventory_hostname))*50) }}"
     authentication_password: "{{ haproxy_keepalived_authentication_password }}"
     vips:
-      - "{{ haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr }} dev {{ haproxy_keepalived_external_interface | default(management_bridge) }}"
+      - "{{ haproxy_keepalived_external_vip_cidr | default('169.254.1.1/24')  }} dev {{ haproxy_keepalived_external_interface | default(management_bridge) }}"
     track_scripts:
       - haproxy_check_script
       - pingable_check_script
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ keepalived_instances:
       - haproxy_check_script
       - pingable_check_script
     vips:
-      - "{{ haproxy_keepalived_internal_vip_cidr }} dev {{ haproxy_keepalived_internal_interface | default(management_bridge) }}"
+      - "{{ haproxy_keepalived_internal_vip_cidr | default('169.254.2.1/24') }} dev {{ haproxy_keepalived_internal_interface | default(management_bridge) }}"
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/keepalived-default-cidr-workaround-8f2b5a0b074898e1.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/keepalived-default-cidr-workaround-8f2b5a0b074898e1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..295198cd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/keepalived-default-cidr-workaround-8f2b5a0b074898e1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+issues:
+  - The variables
+    ``haproxy_keepalived_(internal|external)_cidr`` now has a default
+    set to ``169.254.(2|1).1/24``. This is to prevent Ansible
+    undefined variable warnings.
+    Deployers must set values for these variables for a working
+    haproxy with keepalived environment when using more than one
+    haproxy node.