diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/node_test.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/node_test.go
index 765550003..601786fdc 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/node_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/node_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package mon
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	cephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
@@ -271,11 +272,35 @@ func TestHostNetwork(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(nodes))
 
-	pod := c.makeMonPod(testGenMonConfig("c"), nodes[2].Name)
+	monConfig := testGenMonConfig("c")
+	pod := c.makeMonPod(monConfig, nodes[2].Name)
 	assert.NotNil(t, pod)
-
 	assert.Equal(t, true, pod.Spec.HostNetwork)
 	assert.Equal(t, v1.DNSClusterFirstWithHostNet, pod.Spec.DNSPolicy)
+	val, message := extractArgValue(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Args, "--public-addr")
+	assert.Equal(t, "2.4.6.3", val, message)
+	val, message = extractArgValue(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Args, "--public-bind-addr")
+	assert.Equal(t, "", val)
+	assert.Equal(t, "arg not found: --public-bind-addr", message)
+
+	monConfig.Port = 6790
+	pod = c.makeMonPod(monConfig, nodes[2].Name)
+	val, message = extractArgValue(pod.Spec.Containers[0].Args, "--public-addr")
+	assert.Equal(t, "2.4.6.3:6790", val, message)
+	assert.NotNil(t, pod)
+}
+
+func extractArgValue(args []string, name string) (string, string) {
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		if strings.Contains(arg, name) {
+			vals := strings.Split(arg, "=")
+			if len(vals) != 2 {
+				return "", "cannot split arg: " + arg
+			}
+			return vals[1], "value: " + vals[1]
+		}
+	}
+	return "", "arg not found: " + name
 }
 
 func TestGetNodeInfoFromNode(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/spec.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/spec.go
index f26849186..e12fc8b40 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/spec.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mon/spec.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package mon
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	cephv1 "github.com/rook/rook/pkg/apis/ceph.rook.io/v1"
@@ -158,6 +159,16 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeMonFSInitContainer(monConfig *monConfig) v1.Container {
 
 func (c *Cluster) makeMonDaemonContainer(monConfig *monConfig) v1.Container {
 	podIPEnvVar := "ROOK_POD_IP"
+	publicAddr := monConfig.PublicIP
+
+	// Handle the non-default port for host networking. If host networking is not being used,
+	// the service created elsewhere will handle the non-default port redirection to the default port inside the container.
+	if c.HostNetwork && monConfig.Port != DefaultMsgr1Port {
+		logger.Warningf("Starting mon %s with host networking on a non-default port %d. The mon must be failed over before enabling msgr2.",
+			monConfig.DaemonName, monConfig.Port)
+		publicAddr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", publicAddr, monConfig.Port)
+	}
+
 	container := v1.Container{
 		Name: "mon",
 		Command: []string{
@@ -168,10 +179,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeMonDaemonContainer(monConfig *monConfig) v1.Container {
 			"--foreground",
 			// If the mon is already in the monmap, when the port is left off of --public-addr,
 			// it will still advertise on the previous port b/c monmap is saved to mon database.
-			config.NewFlag("public-addr", monConfig.PublicIP),
-			// Opposite of the above, --public-bind-addr will *not* still advertise on the previous
-			// port, which makes sense because this is the pod IP, which changes with every new pod.
-			config.NewFlag("public-bind-addr", opspec.ContainerEnvVarReference(podIPEnvVar)),
+			config.NewFlag("public-addr", publicAddr),
 		),
 		Image:           c.spec.CephVersion.Image,
 		VolumeMounts:    opspec.DaemonVolumeMounts(monConfig.DataPathMap, keyringStoreName),
@@ -190,6 +198,14 @@ func (c *Cluster) makeMonDaemonContainer(monConfig *monConfig) v1.Container {
 		Resources: cephv1.GetMonResources(c.spec.Resources),
 	}
 
+	// If host networking is enabled, we don't need a bind addr that is different from the public addr
+	if !c.HostNetwork {
+		// Opposite of the above, --public-bind-addr will *not* still advertise on the previous
+		// port, which makes sense because this is the pod IP, which changes with every new pod.
+		container.Args = append(container.Args,
+			config.NewFlag("public-bind-addr", opspec.ContainerEnvVarReference(podIPEnvVar)))
+	}
+
 	// If deploying Nautilus and newer we need a new port of the monitor container
 	if c.clusterInfo.CephVersion.IsAtLeastNautilus() {
 		addContainerPort(container, "msgr2", 3300)