diff --git a/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp b/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
index f90aa0b94..7206ab80d 100644
--- a/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
+++ b/manifests/install/rabbitmqadmin.pp
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@
 
     $default_user = $rabbitmq::default_user
     $default_pass = $rabbitmq::default_pass
-    $management_ip_address = $rabbitmq::management_ip_address
     $archive_options = $rabbitmq::archive_options
 
+    # This should be consistent with rabbitmq::config
+    if $rabbitmq::management_ip_address {
+      $management_ip_address = $rabbitmq::management_ip_address
+    } else {
+      $management_ip_address = $rabbitmq::node_ip_address
+    }
+
     if !($management_ip_address) {
       # Pull from localhost if we don't have an explicit bind address
       $sanitized_ip = '127.0.0.1'