diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/form/useInitializeFormWithRecord.ts b/packages/ra-core/src/form/useInitializeFormWithRecord.ts
index 455c071b296..48ec978d115 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/form/useInitializeFormWithRecord.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/form/useInitializeFormWithRecord.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { useForm } from 'react-final-form';
-import { isObject } from '../inference/assertions';
+import { merge } from 'lodash';
 
 /**
  * Restore the record values which should override any default values specified on the form.
@@ -13,42 +13,9 @@ const useInitializeFormWithRecord = record => {
             return;
         }
 
-        const registeredFields = form.getRegisteredFields();
-
-        // react-final-form does not provide a way to set multiple values in one call.
-        // Using batch ensure we don't get rerenders until all our values are set
-        form.batch(() => {
-            Object.keys(record).forEach(key => {
-                // We have to check that the record key is actually registered as a field
-                // as some record keys may not have a matching input
-                if (registeredFields.some(field => field === key)) {
-                    if (Array.isArray(record[key])) {
-                        // array of values
-                        record[key].forEach((value, index) => {
-                            if (
-                                isObject(value) &&
-                                Object.keys(value).length > 0
-                            ) {
-                                // array of objects
-                                Object.keys(value).forEach(key2 => {
-                                    form.change(
-                                        `${key}[${index}].${key2}`,
-                                        value[key2]
-                                    );
-                                });
-                            } else {
-                                // array of scalar values
-                                form.change(`${key}[${index}]`, value);
-                            }
-                        });
-                    } else {
-                        // scalar value
-                        form.change(key, record[key]);
-                    }
-                    form.resetFieldState(key);
-                }
-            });
-        });
+        const initialValues = form.getState().initialValues;
+        const initialValuesMergedWithRecord = merge({}, initialValues, record);
+        form.initialize(initialValuesMergedWithRecord);
     }, [form, JSON.stringify(record)]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
 };