diff --git a/src/prefect/engine/executors/dask.py b/src/prefect/engine/executors/dask.py
index 70e578aebaad..e09aa2357e97 100644
--- a/src/prefect/engine/executors/dask.py
+++ b/src/prefect/engine/executors/dask.py
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ def start(self) -> Iterator[None]:
         Creates a `dask.distributed.Client` and yields it.
         """
         try:
-            self.kwargs.update(
-                silence_logs=logging.CRITICAL if not self.debug else logging.WARNING
-            )
-            with Client(
-                self.address, processes=self.local_processes, **self.kwargs
-            ) as client:
+            if self.address is None:
+                self.kwargs.update(
+                    silence_logs=logging.CRITICAL if not self.debug else logging.WARNING
+                )
+                self.kwargs.update(processes=self.local_processes)
+            with Client(self.address, **self.kwargs) as client:
                 self.client = client
                 self.is_started = True
                 yield self.client