diff --git a/src/Entity/WorkflowTargetEntity.php b/src/Entity/WorkflowTargetEntity.php
index a302de69ac6b4b0ae1703d191e94babfb81a134f..617ca88532826ddad8900a4fca21be235a9ee779 100644
--- a/src/Entity/WorkflowTargetEntity.php
+++ b/src/Entity/WorkflowTargetEntity.php
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class WorkflowTargetEntity {
    * @return string
    *   The ID of the creation State for the Workflow of the field.
    */
-  private static function getCreationStateId(EntityInterface $entity, $field_name) {
+  public static function getCreationStateId(EntityInterface $entity, $field_name) {
     $sid = '';
 
     /** @var \Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityBase $entity */
diff --git a/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/WorkflowItem.php b/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/WorkflowItem.php
index 51a12442c3b06f588f12aefebd0e7d8ba499fd10..0ff9d269310ecbf7cf7c5a34d6acf31d8125d308 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/WorkflowItem.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/Field/FieldType/WorkflowItem.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\Url;
 use Drupal\options\Plugin\Field\FieldType\ListItemBase;
 use Drupal\workflow\Entity\Workflow;
 use Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowState;
+use Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTargetEntity;
 use Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransition;
 use Drupal\workflow\Entity\WorkflowTransitionInterface;
 
@@ -285,7 +286,10 @@ class WorkflowItem extends ListItemBase {
     // Create a transition, to pass to the form.
     $entity = $this->getEntity();
     $field_name = $this->getParent()->getName();
-    $current_sid = $this->value;
+    $current_sid = $entity->isNew()
+      ? WorkflowTargetEntity::getCreationStateId($entity, $field_name)
+      : $this->value;
+
     if (!$current_sid) {
       return $transition;
     }