diff --git a/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.jsx b/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.jsx
index 647690343e..8b27c62045 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.jsx
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ const RecordForm = ({
     const redirectToIncident = RECORD_TYPES.cases === recordType ? { redirectToIncident: false } : {};
 
     if (record) {
-      const recordFormValues = { ...initialValues, ...record.toJS(), ...redirectToIncident };
+      const recordFormValues = {
+        ...(mode.isNew ? constructInitialValues(forms.values()) : {}),
+        ...record.toJS(),
+        ...redirectToIncident
+      };
 
       const subformValues = sortSubformValues(recordFormValues, forms.values());
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.unit.test.js b/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.unit.test.js
index be76e5bea9..686838172a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.unit.test.js
+++ b/app/javascript/components/record-form/form/record-form.unit.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { TextField as MuiTextField } from "formik-material-ui";
 
 import { NUMERIC_FIELD } from "../constants";
 import { getRecordForms } from "../selectors";
-import { RECORD_TYPES } from "../../../config";
+import { RECORD_TYPES, CASES } from "../../../config";
 import { setupMountedComponent, stub } from "../../../test";
 import { FieldRecord, FormSectionRecord } from "../records";
 
@@ -306,6 +306,86 @@ describe("<RecordForm />", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("when an record exists", () => {
+    const initialStateRecordExists = Map({
+      forms: Map({
+        formSections: Map({
+          1: FormSectionRecord({
+            id: 1,
+            name: {
+              en: "Form Section 1"
+            },
+            unique_id: "form_section_1",
+            module_ids: ["some_module"],
+            visible: true,
+            is_nested: false,
+            parent_form: RECORD_TYPES.cases,
+            fields: [1, 2, 3]
+          })
+        }),
+        fields: Map({
+          1: FieldRecord({
+            id: 1,
+            name: "field_1",
+            display_name: {
+              en: "Field 1"
+            },
+            type: TEXT_FIELD_NAME,
+            required: true,
+            visible: true
+          }),
+          2: FieldRecord({
+            id: 2,
+            name: "field_2",
+            display_name: {
+              en: "Field 2"
+            },
+            type: TEXT_FIELD_NAME,
+            visible: true,
+            selected_value: "field_2_value"
+          }),
+          3: FieldRecord({
+            id: 3,
+            name: "field_age",
+            display_name: {
+              en: "Field Age"
+            },
+            type: NUMERIC_FIELD,
+            visible: true
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    });
+    const queryRecordExists = {
+      recordType: RECORD_TYPES.cases,
+      primeroModule: "some_module"
+    };
+    const formsRecordsEdit = getRecordForms(initialStateRecordExists, queryRecordExists);
+
+    const recordValues = { age: "4", name_first: "test" };
+
+    it("should set the values for the case selected", () => {
+      const { component: fromCaseComponent } = setupMountedComponent(RecordForm, {
+        bindSubmitForm: () => {},
+        forms: formsRecordsEdit,
+        handleToggleNav: () => {},
+        mobileDisplay: false,
+        mode: { isNew: false, isEdit: true, isShow: false },
+        onSubmit: () => {},
+        record: fromJS(recordValues),
+        recordType: CASES,
+        selectedForm: "form_section_1",
+        incidentFromCase: {},
+        externalComponents: () => {},
+        setFormikValuesForNav: () => {}
+      });
+
+      expect(fromCaseComponent.find(FormikForm).props().values).to.deep.equal({
+        ...recordValues
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   it("renders component with valid props", () => {
     const incidentsProps = { ...component.find(RecordForm).props() };