diff --git a/packages/manager/src/features/VPCs/VPCCreate/FormComponents/SubnetContent.tsx b/packages/manager/src/features/VPCs/VPCCreate/FormComponents/SubnetContent.tsx
index 6469b3b42be..4b92f09d285 100644
--- a/packages/manager/src/features/VPCs/VPCCreate/FormComponents/SubnetContent.tsx
+++ b/packages/manager/src/features/VPCs/VPCCreate/FormComponents/SubnetContent.tsx
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ export const SubnetContent = (props: Props) => {
         </Link>
         .
       </StyledBodyTypography>
-      {/* TODO: figure out general subnet errors */}
-      {errors.subnets?.root?.message && (
+      {errors.subnets?.message && (
         <Notice
           spacingBottom={8}
-          text={errors.subnets.root.message}
+          text={errors.subnets.message}
           variant="error"
         />
       )}
diff --git a/packages/manager/src/hooks/useCreateVPC.ts b/packages/manager/src/hooks/useCreateVPC.ts
index a2be9f1ea05..bef4e510c45 100644
--- a/packages/manager/src/hooks/useCreateVPC.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/src/hooks/useCreateVPC.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ export const useCreateVPC = (inputs: UseCreateVPCInputs) => {
       }
     } catch (errors) {
       for (const error of errors) {
-        if (error?.field === 'subnets.label') {
+        if (
+          error?.field === 'subnets.label' ||
+          error?.field === 'subnets.ipv4'
+        ) {
           form.setError('subnets', { message: error.reason });
         } else {
           form.setError(error?.field ?? 'root', { message: error.reason });