diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/LaunchPrompt.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/LaunchPrompt.jsx
index 4f4e1002e5..6eb9ec0ecc 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/LaunchPrompt.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/LaunchPrompt.jsx
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ function LaunchPrompt({ config, resource, onLaunch, onCancel, i18n }) {
     setValue('limit', values.limit);
     setValue('job_tags', values.job_tags);
     setValue('skip_tags', values.skip_tags);
-    setValue('extra_vars', mergeExtraVars(values.extra_vars, surveyValues));
+    const extraVars = config.ask_variables_on_launch
+      ? values.extra_vars || '---'
+      : resource.extra_vars;
+    setValue('extra_vars', mergeExtraVars(extraVars, surveyValues));
     setValue('scm_branch', values.scm_branch);
     onLaunch(postValues);
   };
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.js b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.js
index 261c02a875..5cb60ac2ac 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 
-export default function mergeExtraVars(extraVars, survey = {}) {
+export default function mergeExtraVars(extraVars = '', survey = {}) {
   const vars = yaml.safeLoad(extraVars) || {};
   return {
     ...vars,
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.test.js b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.test.js
index bd696ab9e5..bd3d04cae9 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.test.js
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/mergeExtraVars.test.js
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ describe('mergeExtraVars', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  test('should handle undefined', () => {
+    expect(mergeExtraVars(undefined, undefined)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
   describe('maskPasswords', () => {
     test('should mask password fields', () => {
       const vars = {
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.jsx
index f7e8ed1c36..835fbba18d 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.jsx
@@ -8,27 +8,32 @@ import getSurveyValues from '../getSurveyValues';
 function PreviewStep({ resource, config, survey, formErrors }) {
   const { values } = useFormikContext();
   const surveyValues = getSurveyValues(values);
-  let extraVars;
-  if (survey && survey.spec) {
-    const passwordFields = survey.spec
-      .filter(q => q.type === 'password')
-      .map(q => q.variable);
-    const masked = maskPasswords(surveyValues, passwordFields);
-    extraVars = yaml.safeDump(
-      mergeExtraVars(values.extra_vars || '---', masked)
-    );
-  } else {
-    extraVars = values.extra_vars || '---';
+
+  const overrides = { ...values };
+
+  if (config.ask_variables_on_launch || config.survey_enabled) {
+    const initialExtraVars = config.ask_variables_on_launch
+      ? values.extra_vars || '---'
+      : resource.extra_vars;
+    if (survey && survey.spec) {
+      const passwordFields = survey.spec
+        .filter(q => q.type === 'password')
+        .map(q => q.variable);
+      const masked = maskPasswords(surveyValues, passwordFields);
+      overrides.extra_vars = yaml.safeDump(
+        mergeExtraVars(initialExtraVars, masked)
+      );
+    } else {
+      overrides.extra_vars = initialExtraVars;
+    }
   }
+
   return (
     <>
       <PromptDetail
         resource={resource}
         launchConfig={config}
-        overrides={{
-          ...values,
-          extra_vars: extraVars,
-        }}
+        overrides={overrides}
       />
       {formErrors && (
         <ul css="color: red">
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.test.jsx
index 47aba96bb1..71a33b2fec 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/components/LaunchPrompt/steps/PreviewStep.test.jsx
@@ -71,8 +71,30 @@ describe('PreviewStep', () => {
     expect(detail).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(detail.prop('resource')).toEqual(resource);
     expect(detail.prop('overrides')).toEqual({
-      extra_vars: '---',
       limit: '4',
     });
   });
+
+  test('should handle extra vars without survey', async () => {
+    let wrapper;
+    await act(async () => {
+      wrapper = mountWithContexts(
+        <Formik initialValues={{ extra_vars: 'one: 1' }}>
+          <PreviewStep
+            resource={resource}
+            config={{
+              ask_variables_on_launch: true,
+            }}
+          />
+        </Formik>
+      );
+    });
+
+    const detail = wrapper.find('PromptDetail');
+    expect(detail).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(detail.prop('resource')).toEqual(resource);
+    expect(detail.prop('overrides')).toEqual({
+      extra_vars: 'one: 1',
+    });
+  });
 });