diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactFiberConfigDOM.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactFiberConfigDOM.js
index dafc4ff17eb22..96a8e93f84256 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactFiberConfigDOM.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactFiberConfigDOM.js
@@ -1216,7 +1216,15 @@ export function canHydrateTextInstance(
   if (text === '') return null;
 
   while (instance.nodeType !== TEXT_NODE) {
-    if (!inRootOrSingleton || !enableHostSingletons) {
+    if (
+      enableFormActions &&
+      instance.nodeType === ELEMENT_NODE &&
+      instance.nodeName === 'INPUT' &&
+      (instance: any).type === 'hidden'
+    ) {
+      // If we have extra hidden inputs, we don't mismatch. This allows us to
+      // embed extra form data in the original form.
+    } else if (!inRootOrSingleton || !enableHostSingletons) {
       return null;
     }
     const nextInstance = getNextHydratableSibling(instance);
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactServerRenderingHydration-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactServerRenderingHydration-test.js
index 8dfe93b9b534a..f574b16040b68 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactServerRenderingHydration-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactServerRenderingHydration-test.js
@@ -732,4 +732,23 @@ describe('ReactDOMServerHydration', () => {
     expect(c.current.name).toBe('c');
     expect(c.current.value).toBe('C');
   });
+
+  // @gate enableFormActions
+  it('allows rendering extra hidden inputs immediately before a text instance', async () => {
+    const element = document.createElement('div');
+    element.innerHTML =
+      '<button><input name="a" value="A" type="hidden" />Click <!-- -->me</button>';
+    const button = element.firstChild;
+    const ref = React.createRef();
+    const extraText = 'me';
+
+    await act(() => {
+      ReactDOMClient.hydrateRoot(
+        element,
+        <button ref={ref}>Click {extraText}</button>,
+      );
+    });
+
+    expect(ref.current).toBe(button);
+  });
 });