diff --git a/kayobe/cli/commands.py b/kayobe/cli/commands.py
index 325a67aea..110bc9b3d 100644
--- a/kayobe/cli/commands.py
+++ b/kayobe/cli/commands.py
@@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ def take_action(self, parsed_args):
                                      "overcloud-inventory-discover"))
         # If necessary, allocate IP addresses for the discovered hosts.
         self.run_kayobe_playbook(parsed_args,
-                                 _get_playbook_path("ip-allocation"))
+                                 _get_playbook_path("ip-allocation"),
+                                 limit="overcloud")
         # Now populate the Kolla Ansible inventory.
         self.generate_kolla_ansible_config(parsed_args, service_config=False)
 
diff --git a/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py b/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
index 5986de76b..7e4f440dd 100644
--- a/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
+++ b/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
@@ -1166,6 +1166,7 @@ def test_overcloud_inventory_discover(self, mock_run_one, mock_run):
             mock.call(
                 mock.ANY,
                 utils.get_data_files_path("ansible", "ip-allocation.yml"),
+                limit="overcloud",
             ),
         ]
         self.assertEqual(expected_calls, mock_run_one.call_args_list)