diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/pattern/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/pattern/edit.js
index d9f0c2c53cebcd..e8068faf5013d9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/pattern/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/pattern/edit.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const PatternEdit = ( { attributes, clientId } ) => {
 	const { getBlockRootClientId, getBlockEditingMode } =
 		useSelect( blockEditorStore );
 
+	// Duplicated in packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js.
 	function injectThemeAttributeInBlockTemplateContent( block ) {
 		if (
 			block.innerBlocks.find(
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
index 6cce84deebfa97..a7393b6188ddd1 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
@@ -50,6 +50,37 @@ function useStartPatterns( fallbackContent ) {
 		};
 	}, [] );
 
+	const currentThemeStylesheet = useSelect(
+		( select ) => select( coreStore ).getCurrentTheme().stylesheet
+	);
+
+	// Duplicated from packages/block-library/src/pattern/edit.js.
+	function injectThemeAttributeInBlockTemplateContent( block ) {
+		if (
+			block.innerBlocks.find(
+				( innerBlock ) => innerBlock.name === 'core/template-part'
+			)
+		) {
+			block.innerBlocks = block.innerBlocks.map( ( innerBlock ) => {
+				if (
+					innerBlock.name === 'core/template-part' &&
+					innerBlock.attributes.theme === undefined
+				) {
+					innerBlock.attributes.theme = currentThemeStylesheet;
+				}
+				return innerBlock;
+			} );
+		}
+
+		if (
+			block.name === 'core/template-part' &&
+			block.attributes.theme === undefined
+		) {
+			block.attributes.theme = currentThemeStylesheet;
+		}
+		return block;
+	}
+
 	return useMemo( () => {
 		// filter patterns that are supposed to be used in the current template being edited.
 		return [
@@ -68,7 +99,12 @@ function useStartPatterns( fallbackContent ) {
 					);
 				} )
 				.map( ( pattern ) => {
-					return { ...pattern, blocks: parse( pattern.content ) };
+					return {
+						...pattern,
+						blocks: parse( pattern.content ).map( ( block ) =>
+							injectThemeAttributeInBlockTemplateContent( block )
+						),
+					};
 				} ),
 		];
 	}, [ fallbackContent, slug, patterns ] );