diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachprod/install/cockroach.go b/pkg/cmd/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
index 6db61bfb77c2..32ef138741fa 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachprod/install/cockroach.go
@@ -457,7 +457,8 @@ func (h *crdbInstallHelper) generateStartArgs(
 	}
 
 	logDir := h.c.Impl.LogDir(h.c, nodes[nodeIdx])
-	args = append(args, "--log-dir="+logDir)
+	// Specify exit-on-error=false to work around #62763.
+	args = append(args, `--log "file-defaults: {dir: '`+logDir+`', exit-on-error: false}"`)
 
 	if vers.AtLeast(version.MustParse("v1.1.0")) {
 		cache := 25