diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
index dc900f611f6..4a3aec82819 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward.go
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ func translateServicePortToTargetPort(ports []string, svc corev1.Service, pod co
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		if int32(portnum) != containerPort {
+		if int32(portnum) != containerPort || localPort == "" {
 			translated = append(translated, fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", localPort, containerPort))
 		} else {
-			translated = append(translated, port)
+			translated = append(translated, fmt.Sprintf("%d", containerPort))
 		}
 	}
 	return translated, nil
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward_test.go
index 321639b5f97..06fa258c28c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/portforward/portforward_test.go
@@ -413,6 +413,36 @@ func TestTranslateServicePortToTargetPort(t *testing.T) {
 			translated: []string{":8080", ":8443"},
 			err:        false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "test success 4 (named service port and named pod container port)",
+			svc: corev1.Service{
+				Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{
+					Ports: []corev1.ServicePort{
+						{
+							Port:       80,
+							Name:       "http",
+							TargetPort: intstr.FromString("http"),
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			pod: corev1.Pod{
+				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []corev1.Container{
+						{
+							Ports: []corev1.ContainerPort{
+								{
+									Name:          "http",
+									ContainerPort: int32(80)},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ports:      []string{"http"},
+			translated: []string{"80"},
+			err:        false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "test success (targetPort omitted)",
 			svc: corev1.Service{