diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
index 37458fb402..cde299da7e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export type StepperProps = {
   extensions: NextFieldExtensionOptions<any, any>[];
   templateName?: string;
   FormProps?: FormProps;
+  initialState?: Record<string, JsonValue>;
 
   onComplete: (values: Record<string, JsonValue>) => Promise<void>;
 };
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export const Stepper = (props: StepperProps) => {
   const { steps } = useTemplateSchema(props.manifest);
   const apiHolder = useApiHolder();
   const [activeStep, setActiveStep] = useState(0);
-  const [formState, setFormState] = useFormDataFromQuery();
+  const [formState, setFormState] = useFormDataFromQuery(props.initialState);
 
   const [errors, setErrors] = useState<
     undefined | Record<string, FieldValidation>
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
index ad812480bd..966a8fe8f4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { JsonValue } from '@backstage/types';
 import qs from 'qs';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 
@@ -21,8 +22,14 @@ import { useState } from 'react';
  * This hook is used to get the formData from the query string.
  * @alpha
  */
-export const useFormDataFromQuery = () => {
+export const useFormDataFromQuery = (
+  initialState?: Record<string, JsonValue>,
+) => {
   return useState<Record<string, any>>(() => {
+    if (initialState) {
+      return initialState;
+    }
+
     const query = qs.parse(window.location.search, {
       ignoreQueryPrefix: true,
     });