diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachprod/main.go b/pkg/cmd/roachprod/main.go
index c4b41f33f88f..09ec91d26f38 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachprod/main.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachprod/main.go
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ environment variables to the cockroach process.
 			install.EnvOption(nodeEnv),
 			install.NumRacksOption(numRacks),
 		}
+		// TODO(DarrylWong): remove once #117125 is addressed.
+		startOpts.AdminUIPort = 0
 
 		startOpts.Target = install.StartSharedProcessForVirtualCluster
 		if externalProcessNodes != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/roachprod/install/cockroach.go b/pkg/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
index 2689bee7b5e3..4a40134990e3 100644
--- a/pkg/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
+++ b/pkg/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
@@ -344,13 +344,17 @@ func (c *SyncedCluster) Start(ctx context.Context, l *logger.Logger, startOpts S
 	if startOpts.Target == StartRoutingProxy {
 		return fmt.Errorf("start SQL proxy not implemented")
 	}
+
 	// Local clusters do not support specifying ports. An error is returned if we
 	// detect that they were set.
-	if c.IsLocal() && (startOpts.SQLPort != 0 || startOpts.AdminUIPort != 0) {
+	if c.IsLocal() {
 		// We don't need to return an error if the ports are the default values
 		// specified in DefaultStartOps, as these have not been specified explicitly
 		// by the user.
-		if startOpts.SQLPort != config.DefaultSQLPort || startOpts.AdminUIPort != config.DefaultAdminUIPort {
+		if startOpts.SQLPort != 0 && startOpts.SQLPort != config.DefaultSQLPort {
+			return fmt.Errorf("local clusters do not support specifying ports")
+		}
+		if startOpts.AdminUIPort != 0 && startOpts.AdminUIPort != config.DefaultAdminUIPort {
 			return fmt.Errorf("local clusters do not support specifying ports")
 		}
 		startOpts.SQLPort = 0
diff --git a/pkg/roachprod/roachprod.go b/pkg/roachprod/roachprod.go
index fa59a224685f..2f7067871eb7 100644
--- a/pkg/roachprod/roachprod.go
+++ b/pkg/roachprod/roachprod.go
@@ -689,7 +689,8 @@ func DefaultStartOpts() install.StartOpts {
 		InitTarget:         1,
 		SQLPort:            0,
 		VirtualClusterName: install.SystemInterfaceName,
-		AdminUIPort:        0,
+		// TODO(DarrylWong): revert back to 0 once #117125 is addressed.
+		AdminUIPort: config.DefaultAdminUIPort,
 	}
 }