diff -u b/autosave.install b/autosave.install
--- b/autosave.install
+++ b/autosave.install
@@ -88,2 +88,32 @@
   db_add_field( 'autosaved_forms', 'args', $spec);
+
+  // Fill in the args field of already saved forms.
+  $result = db_select('autosaved_forms', 'af')
+    ->fields('af', array('path', 'uid', 'form_id'))
+    ->execute()
+    ->fetchAll();
+
+  foreach ($result as $form) {
+    $path_parts = explode('/', $form->path);
+    unset($node);
+    if (strpos($form->path, 'node/add/') === 0) {
+      $node = new stdClass();
+      $node->type = $path_parts[2];
+      node_object_prepare($node);
+      $node->uid = $form->uid;
+      $author = user_load($form->uid);
+      $node->name = $author->name;
+    }
+    elseif (($path_parts[0] == 'node') && ($path_parts[2] == 'edit')) {
+      $node = node_load($path_parts[1]);
+    }
+    if (isset($node)) {
+      db_update('autosaved_forms')
+        ->condition('form_id', $form->form_id)
+        ->condition('uid', $form->uid)
+        ->condition('path', $form->path)
+        ->fields(array('args' => array(serialize($node))))
+        ->execute();
+    }
+  }
 }