diff --git a/python/pyspark/errors/error-conditions.json b/python/pyspark/errors/error-conditions.json
index 2a3bcd7240e78..33730f757dbd9 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/errors/error-conditions.json
+++ b/python/pyspark/errors/error-conditions.json
@@ -507,6 +507,11 @@
       "Variant binary is malformed. Please check the data source is valid."
     ]
   },
+  "MASTER_URL_INVALID": {
+    "message": [
+      "Master must either be yarn or start with spark, k8s, or local."
+    ]
+  },
   "MASTER_URL_NOT_SET": {
     "message": [
       "A master URL must be set in your configuration."
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
index 11bd1ded42b96..241424c954b2d 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/session.py
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ def getOrCreate(self) -> "SparkSession":
 
                             if url is None and is_api_mode_connect:
                                 url = opts.get("spark.master", os.environ.get("MASTER", "local"))
+                                if url.startswith("sc://"):
+                                    raise PySparkRuntimeError(
+                                        errorClass="MASTER_URL_INVALID",
+                                        messageParameters={},
+                                    )
 
                             if url is None:
                                 raise PySparkRuntimeError(