diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/data_pipeline.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/data_pipeline.py
index 261f60bb4ac..08b9d184570 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/data_pipeline.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/data_pipeline.py
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ def main():
             timeout=dict(required=False, type='int', default=300),
             state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent',
                                                    'active', 'inactive']),
-            tags=dict(required=False, type='dict')
+            tags=dict(required=False, type='dict', default={}),
+            values=dict(required=False, type='list', default=[])
         )
     )
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec, supports_check_mode=False)