diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.spec.tsx b/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.spec.tsx
index 991a45ee3b9..f8a9a14d57c 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.spec.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { render, waitFor, screen, fireEvent } from '@testing-library/react';
 
-import { FormDataConsumerView } from './FormDataConsumer';
+import FormDataConsumer, { FormDataConsumerView } from './FormDataConsumer';
+import { testDataProvider } from '../dataProvider';
+import {
+    AdminContext,
+    BooleanInput,
+    SimpleForm,
+    TextInput,
+    SimpleFormIterator,
+    ArrayInput,
+} from 'ra-ui-materialui';
+import expect from 'expect';
 
 describe('FormDataConsumerView', () => {
     it('does not call its children function with scopedFormData and getSource if it did not receive an index prop', () => {
@@ -26,6 +36,7 @@ describe('FormDataConsumerView', () => {
     it('calls its children function with scopedFormData and getSource if it received an index prop', () => {
         const children = jest.fn(({ getSource }) => {
             getSource('id');
+            return null;
         });
         const formData = { id: 123, title: 'A title', authors: [{ id: 0 }] };
 
@@ -46,4 +57,109 @@ describe('FormDataConsumerView', () => {
             'authors[0].id'
         );
     });
+
+    it('calls its children with updated formData on first render', async () => {
+        let globalFormData;
+        render(
+            <AdminContext dataProvider={testDataProvider()}>
+                <SimpleForm>
+                    <BooleanInput source="hi" defaultValue />
+                    <FormDataConsumer>
+                        {({ formData, ...rest }) => {
+                            globalFormData = formData;
+
+                            return <TextInput source="bye" {...rest} />;
+                        }}
+                    </FormDataConsumer>
+                </SimpleForm>
+            </AdminContext>
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(globalFormData).toEqual({ hi: true, bye: undefined });
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('should be reactive', async () => {
+        render(
+            <AdminContext dataProvider={testDataProvider()}>
+                <SimpleForm>
+                    <BooleanInput source="hi" defaultValue />
+                    <FormDataConsumer>
+                        {({ formData, ...rest }) =>
+                            !formData.hi ? (
+                                <TextInput source="bye" {...rest} />
+                            ) : null
+                        }
+                    </FormDataConsumer>
+                </SimpleForm>
+            </AdminContext>
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(
+                screen.queryByLabelText('resources.undefined.fields.bye')
+            ).toBeNull();
+        });
+
+        fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('resources.undefined.fields.hi'));
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(
+                screen.getByLabelText('resources.undefined.fields.bye')
+            ).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('calls its children with updated scopedFormData when inside an ArrayInput', async () => {
+        let globalScopedFormData;
+        render(
+            <AdminContext dataProvider={testDataProvider()}>
+                <SimpleForm>
+                    <ArrayInput source="authors">
+                        <SimpleFormIterator>
+                            <TextInput source="name" />
+                            <FormDataConsumer>
+                                {({
+                                    formData,
+                                    scopedFormData,
+                                    getSource,
+                                    ...rest
+                                }) => {
+                                    globalScopedFormData = scopedFormData;
+                                    return scopedFormData &&
+                                        scopedFormData.name ? (
+                                        <TextInput
+                                            source={getSource('role')}
+                                            {...rest}
+                                        />
+                                    ) : null;
+                                }}
+                            </FormDataConsumer>
+                        </SimpleFormIterator>
+                    </ArrayInput>
+                </SimpleForm>
+            </AdminContext>
+        );
+
+        expect(globalScopedFormData).toEqual(undefined);
+
+        fireEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText('ra.action.add'));
+
+        expect(globalScopedFormData).toEqual({ name: '' });
+
+        fireEvent.change(
+            screen.getByLabelText('resources.undefined.fields.authors.name'),
+            {
+                target: { value: 'a' },
+            }
+        );
+
+        await waitFor(() => {
+            expect(globalScopedFormData).toEqual({
+                name: 'a',
+                role: undefined,
+            });
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.tsx b/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.tsx
index 519e3ea80ce..3f4d9668e89 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.tsx
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/form/FormDataConsumer.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { useWatch } from 'react-hook-form';
+import { useWatch, useFormContext, FieldValues } from 'react-hook-form';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 
 import warning from '../util/warning';
@@ -43,22 +43,27 @@ import warning from '../util/warning';
  * );
  */
 const FormDataConsumer = (props: ConnectedProps) => {
-    const formData = useWatch();
+    const { getValues } = useFormContext();
+    let formData = useWatch();
+
+    //useWatch will initially return the provided defaultValues of the form.
+    //We must get the initial formData from getValues
+    if (Object.keys(formData).length === 0) {
+        (formData as FieldValues) = getValues();
+    }
 
     return <FormDataConsumerView formData={formData} {...props} />;
 };
 
 export const FormDataConsumerView = (props: Props) => {
     const { children, form, formData, source, index, ...rest } = props;
-    let scopedFormData = formData;
-    let getSource;
     let getSourceHasBeenCalled = false;
     let ret;
 
     // If we have an index, we are in an iterator like component (such as the SimpleFormIterator)
     if (typeof index !== 'undefined' && source) {
-        scopedFormData = get(formData, source);
-        getSource = (scopedSource: string) => {
+        const scopedFormData = get(formData, source);
+        const getSource = (scopedSource: string) => {
             getSourceHasBeenCalled = true;
             return `${source}.${scopedSource}`;
         };