diff --git a/examples/vpc-cni-custom-networking/main.tf b/examples/vpc-cni-custom-networking/main.tf
index 5780036408..62c4a20483 100644
--- a/examples/vpc-cni-custom-networking/main.tf
+++ b/examples/vpc-cni-custom-networking/main.tf
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ module "eks" {
   }
 
   vpc_id                   = module.vpc.vpc_id
-  subnet_ids               = module.vpc.private_subnets
+  # We only want to assign the 10.0.* range subnets to the data plane
+  subnet_ids               = slice(module.vpc.private_subnets, 0, 3)
   control_plane_subnet_ids = module.vpc.intra_subnets
 
   eks_managed_node_groups = {