diff --git a/jstests/multiVersion/downgrade_to_36_only_with_recovered_data.js b/jstests/multiVersion/downgrade_to_36_only_with_recovered_data.js
index 87e816f629..99fadbd7ab 100644
--- a/jstests/multiVersion/downgrade_to_36_only_with_recovered_data.js
+++ b/jstests/multiVersion/downgrade_to_36_only_with_recovered_data.js
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     const name = "rs";
     let conn = MongoRunner.runMongod(
         {binVersion: "latest", shardsvr: "", replSet: name, syncdelay: "600"});
+    let dbpath = conn.dbpath;
+    let port = conn.port;
+    printjson({"DBPath": dbpath, "Port": port});
 
     assert.neq(conn, null, "mongod was unable to start up");
 
@@ -71,10 +74,17 @@
     MongoRunner.stopMongod(conn);
 
     jsTestLog("Running repair. The process will automatically exit when complete.");
-    options.shardsvr = undefined;
-    options.replSet = undefined;
-    options.repair = '';
-    MongoRunner.runMongod(options);
+    // options.shardsvr = undefined;
+    // options.replSet = undefined;
+    // options.repair = '';
+    // MongoRunner.runMongod(options);
+
+    // Fake a port because `runMongoProgram` thinks that is required.
+    // --bind_ip 0.0.0.0 is necessary to reproduce crash
+    assert.eq(
+        0,
+        runMongoProgram(
+            "mongod", "--repair", "--dbpath", dbpath, "--port", port, "--bind_ip", "0.0.0.0"));
 
     jsTestLog("Restarting after repair with replication.");
     options.shardsvr = '';