diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 41758d2e671af789d037858612cd627ea9df0d24..072ed83a67f8ee551d7e20026bcc8e3577f5e827 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ netdata_force_reset: false
 netdata_fluentd_buffer:
   green: 75
   red: 100
+netdata_silent_alerts:
+  - 'softnet'
+  - 'tcp_listen'
+  - 'tcp_resets'
+  - 'udp_errors'
diff --git a/tasks/silent.yml b/tasks/silent.yml
index 63ee0081ee0c6dea8caca3bde91ff90ad254939f..ed3a3b79efc7be39396008edad34ec3d10724269 100644
--- a/tasks/silent.yml
+++ b/tasks/silent.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
     regexp: ' to: .*$'
     replace: ' to: silent'
     backup: yes
-  with_items:
-    - 'softnet'
-    - 'tcp_listen'
-    - 'tcp_resets'
-    - 'udp_errors'
+  with_items: '{{ netdata_silent_alerts }}'
   notify:
     - "Restart NetData"