diff --git a/file_entity.pages.inc b/file_entity.pages.inc
index 31d0d76..4ddfa48 100644
--- a/file_entity.pages.inc
+++ b/file_entity.pages.inc
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ function file_entity_add_upload_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   // We have the filetype, check if we can skip step 4.
   if (($form['#step'] == 3 && $trigger == 'edit-next')) {
     $file = file_load($form_state['storage']['upload']);
+    $form_state['file'] = $file;
     if (!field_info_instances('file', $form_state['storage']['type'])) {
       // This filetype doesn't have fields, save the file.
       $save = TRUE;