diff --git a/pkg/ccl/logictestccl/testdata/logic_test/regional_by_row_query_behavior b/pkg/ccl/logictestccl/testdata/logic_test/regional_by_row_query_behavior
index 73773d16e348..5d337eefccd1 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/logictestccl/testdata/logic_test/regional_by_row_query_behavior
+++ b/pkg/ccl/logictestccl/testdata/logic_test/regional_by_row_query_behavior
@@ -3475,3 +3475,82 @@ SELECT pk FROM regional_by_row_table_virt GROUP BY v;
 # can be proven to be monotonically increasing or decreasing.
 statement error pq: column "pk" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function
 SELECT pk FROM regional_by_row_table_virt GROUP BY (a+10);
+
+# Regression test for incorrectly setting bytes limit in the streamer on remote
+# lookups (#108206).
+statement ok
+CREATE TABLE t108206_p (
+  id INT PRIMARY KEY,
+  p_id INT,
+  INDEX (p_id),
+  FAMILY (id, p_id)
+) LOCALITY REGIONAL BY ROW;
+CREATE TABLE t108206_c (
+  c_id INT PRIMARY KEY,
+  c_p_id INT,
+  INDEX (c_p_id),
+  FAMILY (c_id, c_p_id)
+) LOCALITY REGIONAL BY ROW;
+INSERT INTO t108206_p (crdb_region, id, p_id) VALUES ('ap-southeast-2', 1, 10), ('ca-central-1', 2, 20), ('us-east-1', 3, 30);
+INSERT INTO t108206_c (crdb_region, c_id, c_p_id) VALUES ('ap-southeast-2', 10, 10), ('ca-central-1', 20, 20), ('us-east-1', 30, 30)
+
+statement ok
+SET tracing = on,kv,results; SELECT * FROM t108206_c WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM t108206_p WHERE p_id = c_p_id) AND c_id = 20; SET tracing = off
+
+# If the row is not found in the local region, the other regions are searched in
+# parallel.
+query T
+SELECT message FROM [SHOW KV TRACE FOR SESSION] WITH ORDINALITY
+ WHERE message LIKE 'fetched:%' OR message LIKE 'output row%'
+ OR message LIKE 'Scan%'
+ ORDER BY ordinality ASC
+----
+Scan /Table/138/1/"@"/20/0
+Scan /Table/138/1/"\x80"/20/0, /Table/138/1/"\xc0"/20/0
+fetched: /t108206_c/t108206_c_pkey/?/20/c_p_id -> /20
+Scan /Table/137/2/"@"/2{0-1}
+Scan /Table/137/2/"\x80"/2{0-1}, /Table/137/2/"\xc0"/2{0-1}
+fetched: /t108206_p/t108206_p_p_id_idx/'ca-central-1'/20/2 -> <undecoded>
+output row: [20 20]
+
+# Left join with locality optimized search enabled.
+query T retry
+SELECT * FROM [EXPLAIN (DISTSQL) SELECT * FROM t108206_c WHERE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM t108206_p WHERE p_id = c_p_id) AND c_id = 20] OFFSET 2
+----
+·
+• lookup join (semi)
+│ table: t108206_p@t108206_p_p_id_idx
+│ lookup condition: (crdb_region = 'ap-southeast-2') AND (c_p_id = p_id)
+│ remote lookup condition: (crdb_region IN ('ca-central-1', 'us-east-1')) AND (c_p_id = p_id)
+│
+└── • union all
+    │ limit: 1
+    │
+    ├── • scan
+    │     missing stats
+    │     table: t108206_c@t108206_c_pkey
+    │     spans: [/'ap-southeast-2'/20 - /'ap-southeast-2'/20]
+    │
+    └── • scan
+          missing stats
+          table: t108206_c@t108206_c_pkey
+          spans: [/'ca-central-1'/20 - /'ca-central-1'/20] [/'us-east-1'/20 - /'us-east-1'/20]
+·
+Diagram: https://cockroachdb.github.io/distsqlplan/decode.html#eJysk1Fr6koQx9_vpxjmRb1scRPLRRYKlhq5KVZ7jXALVSRNpnZPYzZnd0Mtxe9-2Oix6tFyWk4eQjI7-9v__Gf2Dc33DAVGQT-4GsPf0BsNb-A-uLvtX4YDqHfDaBz912_AfoL1eNvn_8wS-P_fYBRAcOfyoH48q9hkFTOZwgUkM_fRgMtBF-rJOubzxhSGvV4UjMFHhrlKaRAvyKC4Rw-nDAutEjJGaRd6qxLCdImCM5R5UVoXnjJMlCYUb2ilzQgFjuOHjEYUp6SbHBmmZGOZVdhtEZ3t16x4pldkeKWycpEbAU4e2yhGhlERu2hzgpPJss0n2PR5k0Ocp-CBsk-kcbpiqEr7rsjYeE4ovJ0Swi4KvmJfq8L7g1V0NhWcVO0fqPZOqn4Xa0jLOIMyVzolTeme3unqSHkDdaaKpr9fWF8upAXvpDR-IM3_jKHXSuYbP1v7x45fCxLQD3pjiIKbEK6H4QDZ1uZia3NR2TmT6RIZ9pV6Lgv4pmQOKhdQ75zDBSxr57wmhOh4nHu8vRn5jg8X0Gk1kOGIFsoSZEd2u9u3rLV39zNY1pI94K_Ebc-Ldc91-jDTNJcqP2lk68DI1meMHJEpVG7ooMm_17Izz00DpXNaT5BRpU7oVqukyl3_DitQFUjJ2PWqv_4J82rJcydoihfbEd0leV8l8UOS_yGptUfiuyT_kNT6kHR-msSdY4-ZenFXWSDfPGdHXj8fdBviuXFti57US4V1Y25QPMaZIYY38TN1yZJeyFwaKxMUVpe0Wv31IwAA__-d1uWE
+
+statement ok
+SET vectorize=on
+
+query T
+EXPLAIN (VEC) SELECT * FROM child LEFT JOIN parent ON p_id = c_p_id WHERE c_id = 10
+----
+│
+└ Node 1
+  └ *rowexec.joinReader
+    └ *colexec.limitOp
+      └ *colexec.SerialUnorderedSynchronizer
+        ├ *colfetcher.ColBatchScan
+        └ *colfetcher.ColBatchScan
+
+statement ok
+RESET vectorize
diff --git a/pkg/sql/rowexec/joinreader.go b/pkg/sql/rowexec/joinreader.go
index 9f22f9fd040c..b71b18cb20b5 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/rowexec/joinreader.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/rowexec/joinreader.go
@@ -819,6 +819,24 @@ func sortSpans(spans roachpb.Spans, spanIDs []int) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (jr *joinReader) getBatchBytesLimit() rowinfra.BytesLimit {
+	if jr.usesStreamer {
+		// The streamer itself sets the correct TargetBytes parameter on the
+		// BatchRequests.
+		return rowinfra.NoBytesLimit
+	}
+	if !jr.shouldLimitBatches {
+		// We deem it safe to not limit the batches in order to get the
+		// DistSender-level parallelism.
+		return rowinfra.NoBytesLimit
+	}
+	bytesLimit := jr.lookupBatchBytesLimit
+	if bytesLimit == 0 {
+		bytesLimit = rowinfra.GetDefaultBatchBytesLimit(jr.EvalCtx.TestingKnobs.ForceProductionValues)
+	}
+	return bytesLimit
+}
+
 // readInput reads the next batch of input rows and starts an index scan, which
 // for lookup join is the lookup of matching KVs for a batch of input rows.
 // It can sometimes emit a single row on behalf of the previous batch.
@@ -1016,19 +1034,8 @@ func (jr *joinReader) readInput() (
 	// modification here, but we want to be conscious about the memory
 	// accounting - we don't double count for any memory of spans because the
 	// joinReaderStrategy doesn't account for any memory used by the spans.
-	var bytesLimit rowinfra.BytesLimit
-	if !jr.usesStreamer {
-		if !jr.shouldLimitBatches {
-			bytesLimit = rowinfra.NoBytesLimit
-		} else {
-			bytesLimit = jr.lookupBatchBytesLimit
-			if jr.lookupBatchBytesLimit == 0 {
-				bytesLimit = rowinfra.GetDefaultBatchBytesLimit(jr.EvalCtx.TestingKnobs.ForceProductionValues)
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	if err = jr.fetcher.StartScan(
-		jr.Ctx(), spans, spanIDs, bytesLimit, rowinfra.NoRowLimit,
+		jr.Ctx(), spans, spanIDs, jr.getBatchBytesLimit(), rowinfra.NoRowLimit,
 	); err != nil {
 		jr.MoveToDraining(err)
 		return jrStateUnknown, nil, jr.DrainHelper()
@@ -1094,12 +1101,8 @@ func (jr *joinReader) fetchLookupRow() (joinReaderState, *execinfrapb.ProducerMe
 			}
 
 			log.VEventf(jr.Ctx(), 1, "scanning %d remote spans", len(spans))
-			bytesLimit := rowinfra.GetDefaultBatchBytesLimit(jr.EvalCtx.TestingKnobs.ForceProductionValues)
-			if !jr.shouldLimitBatches {
-				bytesLimit = rowinfra.NoBytesLimit
-			}
 			if err := jr.fetcher.StartScan(
-				jr.Ctx(), spans, spanIDs, bytesLimit, rowinfra.NoRowLimit,
+				jr.Ctx(), spans, spanIDs, jr.getBatchBytesLimit(), rowinfra.NoRowLimit,
 			); err != nil {
 				jr.MoveToDraining(err)
 				return jrStateUnknown, jr.DrainHelper()