diff --git a/lib/bfd.c b/lib/bfd.c
index 4cbe99969a6..6e2acee58b5 100644
--- a/lib/bfd.c
+++ b/lib/bfd.c
@@ -453,14 +453,14 @@ bfd_configure(struct bfd *bfd, const char *name, const struct smap *cfg,
     if (ip_src && bfd_lookup_ip(ip_src, &in_addr)) {
         memcpy(&bfd->ip_src, &in_addr, sizeof in_addr);
     } else {
-        bfd->ip_src = htonl(0xA9FE0100); /* 169.254.1.0. */
+        bfd->ip_src = htonl(0xA9FE0101); /* 169.254.1.1. */
     }
 
     ip_dst = smap_get(cfg, "bfd_dst_ip");
     if (ip_dst && bfd_lookup_ip(ip_dst, &in_addr)) {
         memcpy(&bfd->ip_dst, &in_addr, sizeof in_addr);
     } else {
-        bfd->ip_dst = htonl(0xA9FE0101); /* 169.254.1.1. */
+        bfd->ip_dst = htonl(0xA9FE0100); /* 169.254.1.0. */
     }
 
     forwarding_if_rx = smap_get_bool(cfg, "forwarding_if_rx", false);
diff --git a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
index 15ff66c51af..d58098945b1 100644
--- a/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
+++ b/vswitchd/vswitch.xml
@@ -2023,12 +2023,12 @@
 
 	<column name="bfd" key="bfd_src_ip">
           Set to an IPv4 address to set the IP address used as source for
-          transmitted BFD packets.  The default is <code>169.254.1.0</code>.
+          transmitted BFD packets.  The default is <code>169.254.1.1</code>.
 	</column>
 
 	<column name="bfd" key="bfd_dst_ip">
           Set to an IPv4 address to set the IP address used as destination
-          for transmitted BFD packets.  The default is <code>169.254.1.1</code>.
+          for transmitted BFD packets.  The default is <code>169.254.1.0</code>.
 	</column>
       </group>