diff --git a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
index 1f1455c39761e..c1fab80232a55 100644
--- a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
+++ b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery.go
@@ -75,10 +75,11 @@ func DiscoverComponentsFromConfig() ([]pkgconfigsetup.ConfigurationProviders, []
 	}
 
 	// Auto-activate autodiscovery without listeners: - snmp
-	configs := []snmplistener.Config{}
-	err := pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().UnmarshalKey("network_devices.autodiscovery.configs", &configs)
+	snmpConfig, err := snmplistener.NewListenerConfig()
 
-	if err == nil && len(configs) > 0 {
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error unmarshalling snmp listener config. Error: %v", err)
+	} else if len(snmpConfig.Configs) > 0 {
 		detectedListeners = append(detectedListeners, pkgconfigsetup.Listeners{Name: "snmp"})
 		log.Info("Configs for autodiscovery detected: Adding the snmp listener")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery_test.go b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery_test.go
index 09a7f28ae1a04..811a72de9edf5 100644
--- a/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/autodiscovery/autodiscovery_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	pkgconfigsetup "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/setup"
 )
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ network_devices:
 `))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	_, configListeners := DiscoverComponentsFromConfig()
-	assert.Len(t, configListeners, 1)
+	require.Len(t, configListeners, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, "snmp", configListeners[0].Name)
 
 	err = pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().ReadConfig(strings.NewReader(`
@@ -44,5 +45,19 @@ snmp_listener:
 `))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	_, configListeners = DiscoverComponentsFromConfig()
-	assert.Empty(t, len(configListeners))
+	require.Len(t, configListeners, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "snmp", configListeners[0].Name)
+
+	err = pkgconfigsetup.Datadog().ReadConfig(strings.NewReader(`
+network_devices:
+  autodiscovery:
+    configs:
+      - network_address: 127.0.0.1/30
+        ignored_ip_addresses:
+          - 127.0.0.3
+`))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	_, configListeners = DiscoverComponentsFromConfig()
+	require.Len(t, configListeners, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "snmp", configListeners[0].Name)
 }
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-config-autodiscovery-49d61b77e8f76f58.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-config-autodiscovery-49d61b77e8f76f58.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..245f2938b6efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-config-autodiscovery-49d61b77e8f76f58.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fix a bug in the config parser that broke ignored_ip_addresses from working in NDM Autodiscovery.