diff --git a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
index a0148a7bf..74c8554f8 100644
--- a/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
+++ b/cluster/charts/rook-ceph/templates/resources.yaml
@@ -1244,7 +1244,6 @@ spec:
                       description: HostNetwork to enable host network
                       type: boolean
                     ipFamily:
-                      default: IPv4
                       description: IPFamily is the single stack IPv6 or IPv4 protocol
                       enum:
                         - IPv4
diff --git a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/crds.yaml b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/crds.yaml
index 303d8a1c6..e7b1f64fa 100644
--- a/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/crds.yaml
+++ b/cluster/examples/kubernetes/ceph/crds.yaml
@@ -1244,7 +1244,6 @@ spec:
                       description: HostNetwork to enable host network
                       type: boolean
                     ipFamily:
-                      default: IPv4
                       description: IPFamily is the single stack IPv6 or IPv4 protocol
                       enum:
                         - IPv4
diff --git a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
index 5685a4c74..3059f2d10 100755
--- a/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1/types.go
@@ -1644,7 +1644,6 @@ type NetworkSpec struct {
 
 	// IPFamily is the single stack IPv6 or IPv4 protocol
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=IPv4;IPv6
-	// +kubebuilder:default=IPv4
 	// +nullable
 	// +optional
 	IPFamily IPFamilyType `json:"ipFamily,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/watcher.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/watcher.go
index e6b3ffac8..9e3bf676c 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/watcher.go
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ package cluster
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"strings"
 
 	cephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/clusterd"
 	cephclient "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/ceph/client"
 	discoverDaemon "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/daemon/discover"
+	opcontroller "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/ceph/controller"
 	"github.com/rook/rook/pkg/operator/k8sutil"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ func (c *clientCluster) onK8sNode(object runtime.Object) bool {
 		clusterInfo := cephclient.AdminClusterInfo(cluster.Namespace)
 		osds, err := cephclient.GetOSDOnHost(c.context, clusterInfo, nodeName)
 		if err != nil {
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), opcontroller.UninitializedCephConfigError) {
+				logger.Debug(opcontroller.OperatorNotInitializedMessage)
+				return false
+			}
 			// If it fails, this might be due to the the operator just starting and catching an add event for that node
 			logger.Debugf("failed to get osds on node %q, assume reconcile is necessary", nodeName)
 			return true