diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_connection.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_connection.py
index eb12750ba2..6db5b3bda1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_connection.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_connection.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackVpnConnection(AnsibleCloudStack):
             if 'cidrlist' in vpn_conn:
                 self.result['cidrs'] = vpn_conn['cidrlist'].split(',') or [vpn_conn['cidrlist']]
             # Ensure we return a bool
-            self.result['force_encap'] = True if vpn_conn['forceencap'] else False
+            self.result['force_encap'] = True if vpn_conn.get('forceencap') else False
             args = {
                 'key': 'name',
                 'identifier': vpn_conn['s2scustomergatewayid'],
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_customer_gateway.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_customer_gateway.py
index 5063be3c19..f94fb2be89 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_customer_gateway.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack/cs_vpn_customer_gateway.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class AnsibleCloudStackVpnCustomerGateway(AnsibleCloudStack):
             if 'cidrlist' in vpn_customer_gateway:
                 self.result['cidrs'] = vpn_customer_gateway['cidrlist'].split(',') or [vpn_customer_gateway['cidrlist']]
             # Ensure we return a bool
-            self.result['force_encap'] = True if vpn_customer_gateway['forceencap'] else False
+            self.result['force_encap'] = True if vpn_customer_gateway.get('forceencap') else False
         return self.result