diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47846-cs_ip_address-fix-vpc-vs-network.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/47846-cs_ip_address-fix-vpc-vs-network.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a78c270d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47846-cs_ip_address-fix-vpc-vs-network.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- cs_ip_address - fix vpc use case failed if network param provided. Ensured vpc and network are mutually exclusive.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
index 678d488cbfb..0c3c90e9540 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_ip_address.py
@@ -27,16 +27,18 @@ options:
   ip_address:
     description:
       - Public IP address.
-      - Required if C(state=absent) and C(tags) is not set
+      - Required if I(state=absent) and I(tags) is not set.
   domain:
     description:
       - Domain the IP address is related to.
   network:
     description:
       - Network the IP address is related to.
+      - Mutually exclusive with I(vpc).
   vpc:
     description:
       - VPC the IP address is related to.
+      - Mutually exclusive with I(network).
     version_added: "2.2"
   account:
     description:
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ options:
     choices: [ present, absent ]
   tags:
     description:
-      - List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys C(key) and C(value).
+      - List of tags. Tags are a list of dictionaries having keys I(key) and I(value).
       - Tags can be used as an unique identifier for the IP Addresses.
       - In this case, at least one of them must be unique to ensure idempontency.
     aliases: [ 'tag' ]
@@ -195,7 +197,8 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackIPAddress(AnsibleCloudStack):
             'account': self.get_account(key='name'),
             'domainid': self.get_domain(key='id'),
             'projectid': self.get_project(key='id'),
-            'networkid': self.get_network(key='id'),
+            # For the VPC case networkid is irrelevant, special case and we have to ignore it here.
+            'networkid': self.get_network(key='id') if not self.module.params.get('vpc') else None,
             'zoneid': self.get_zone(key='id'),
             'vpcid': self.get_vpc(key='id'),
         }
@@ -249,6 +252,9 @@ def main():
         required_if=[
             ('state', 'absent', ['ip_address', 'tags'], True),
         ],
+        mutually_exclusive=(
+            ['vpc', 'network'],
+        ),
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/main.yml
index f6c707e51c2..802647d07a8 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,212 +1,19 @@
 ---
-- name: setup ensure the test network is absent
-  cs_network:
-    name: ipaddr_test_network
-    state: absent
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-
-- name: setup create the test network
-  cs_network:
-    name: ipaddr_test_network
-    network_offering: DefaultIsolatedNetworkOfferingWithSourceNatService
-    state: present
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: base_network
-- name: setup verify create the test network
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - base_network is successful
-
-- name: setup clean ip_address with tags
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-
-- name: setup associate ip_address for SNAT
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address_snat
-
-- name: test associate ip_address in check mode
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  check_mode: true
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test associate ip_address in check mode
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
-
-- name: test associate ip_address
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test associate ip_address
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
-    - ip_address.ip_address is defined
-
-- name: test associate ip_address with tags in check mode
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address_tag
-  check_mode: true
-- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags in check mode
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address_tag is successful
-    - ip_address_tag is changed
-
-- name: test associate ip_address with tags
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address_tag
-- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address_tag is successful
-    - ip_address_tag is changed
-    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
-    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
-    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-
-- name: test associate ip_address with tags idempotence
-  cs_ip_address:
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address_tag
-- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags idempotence
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address_tag is successful
-    - ip_address_tag is not changed
-    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
-    - ip_address_tag.state == "Allocated"
-    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
-    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-
-- name: test disassiociate ip_address with missing param ip_address
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  ignore_errors: true
-  register: ip_address_err
-- name: verify test disassiociate ip_address with missing param ip_address
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address_err is failed
-    - 'ip_address_err.msg == "state is absent but any of the following are missing: ip_address, tags"'
-
-- name: test disassociate ip_address in check mode
+- name: test fail vpc and network mutually exclusive
   cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    network: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_net_vpc"
+    vpc: "foobar"
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  check_mode: true
+  ignore_errors: yes
   register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address in check mode
+- name: verify test fail vpc and network mutually exclusive
   assert:
     that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
+    - ip_address is failed
+    - 'ip_address.msg == "parameters are mutually exclusive: vpc, network"'
 
-- name: test disassociate ip_address
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
+- name: run test for network setup
+  import_tasks: network.yml
 
-- name: test disassociate ip_address idempotence
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address idempotence
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is not changed
-
-- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags with check mode
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  check_mode: true
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags in check mode
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
-
-- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is changed
-
-- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags idempotence
-  cs_ip_address:
-    state: absent
-    tags:
-      - key: unique_id
-        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
-    network: ipaddr_test_network
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
-  register: ip_address
-- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags idempotence
-  assert:
-    that:
-    - ip_address is successful
-    - ip_address is not changed
-
-- name: clean the test network
-  cs_network:
-    name: ipaddr_test_network
-    state: absent
-    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+- name: run test for vpc setup
+  import_tasks: vpc.yml
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/network.yml b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/network.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6c707e51c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/network.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+---
+- name: setup ensure the test network is absent
+  cs_network:
+    name: ipaddr_test_network
+    state: absent
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+
+- name: setup create the test network
+  cs_network:
+    name: ipaddr_test_network
+    network_offering: DefaultIsolatedNetworkOfferingWithSourceNatService
+    state: present
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: base_network
+- name: setup verify create the test network
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - base_network is successful
+
+- name: setup clean ip_address with tags
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+
+- name: setup associate ip_address for SNAT
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_snat
+
+- name: test associate ip_address in check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  check_mode: true
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test associate ip_address in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test associate ip_address
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test associate ip_address
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+    - ip_address.ip_address is defined
+
+- name: test associate ip_address with tags in check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+  check_mode: true
+- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is changed
+
+- name: test associate ip_address with tags
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is changed
+    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+
+- name: test associate ip_address with tags idempotence
+  cs_ip_address:
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+- name: verify test associate ip_address with tags idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is not changed
+    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
+    - ip_address_tag.state == "Allocated"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+
+- name: test disassiociate ip_address with missing param ip_address
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: ip_address_err
+- name: verify test disassiociate ip_address with missing param ip_address
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_err is failed
+    - 'ip_address_err.msg == "state is absent but any of the following are missing: ip_address, tags"'
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address in check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  check_mode: true
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address idempotence
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is not changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags with check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  check_mode: true
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address with tags idempotence
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "adacd65e-7868-5ebf-9f8b-e6e0ea779861"
+    network: ipaddr_test_network
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address with tags idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is not changed
+
+- name: clean the test network
+  cs_network:
+    name: ipaddr_test_network
+    state: absent
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/vpc.yml b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/vpc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a089ebd3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cs_ip_address/tasks/vpc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+---
+- name: setup vpc
+  cs_vpc:
+    name: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    cidr: 10.10.111.0/16
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: vpc
+- name: verify setup vpc
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - vpc is successful
+
+- name: setup clean ip_address with tags
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+
+- name: test associate ip_address in vpc with tags in check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: verify test associate ip_address in vpc with tags in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is changed
+
+- name: test associate ip_address in vpc with tags
+  cs_ip_address:
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+- name: verify test associate ip_address in vpc with tags
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is changed
+    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+
+- name: test associate ip_address in vpc with tags idempotence
+  cs_ip_address:
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    tags:
+      - key: unique_id
+        value: "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address_tag
+- name: verify test associate ip_address in vpc with tags idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address_tag is successful
+    - ip_address_tag is not changed
+    - ip_address_tag.ip_address is defined
+    - ip_address_tag.state == "Allocated"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.key == "unique_id"
+    - ip_address_tag.tags.0.value == "86cdce4c-dce7-11e8-8394-00262df3bf70"
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address in vpc in check mode
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address_tag.ip_address  }}"
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  check_mode: true
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address in vpc in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address in vpc
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address_tag.ip_address  }}"
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address in vpc
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is changed
+
+- name: test disassociate ip_address in vpc idempotence
+  cs_ip_address:
+    state: absent
+    ip_address: "{{ ip_address_tag.ip_address  }}"
+    vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+  register: ip_address
+- name: verify test disassociate ip_address in vpc idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - ip_address is successful
+    - ip_address is not changed
+
+- name: cleanup vpc
+  cs_vpc:
+    name: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc_ip_address"
+    zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: vpc
+- name: verify cleanup vpc
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - vpc is successful
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
index 54e7eb1e19c..11e310a5f56 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/cs_vpc/tasks/main.yml
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@
 
 - name: test get ip address in vpc
   cs_ip_address:
-    network: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_net_vpc"
     vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc"
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
   register: ip_address
@@ -578,7 +577,6 @@
 
 - name: test remove ip address from vpc
   cs_ip_address:
-    network: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_net_vpc"
     vpc: "{{ cs_resource_prefix }}_vpc"
     zone: "{{ cs_common_zone_adv }}"
     ip_address: "{{ ip_address.ip_address }}"