diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/create-invite.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/create-invite.js
index d521ddba976..399205f6025 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/create-invite.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/modal/create-invite.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default Component.extend(bufferedProperty("invite"), {
         moment()
           .add(this.siteSettings.invite_expiry_days, "days")
           .format(FORMAT),
-      groupIds: this.model.invite?.groupIds,
+      groupIds: this.model.groupIds ?? this.model.invite?.groupIds,
       topicId: this.model.invite?.topicId,
       topicTitle: this.model.invite?.topicTitle,
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/group-index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/group-index.js
index 20c4fef33da..a83e9b79ad5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/group-index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/routes/group-index.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default DiscourseRoute.extend({
   showInviteModal() {
     const group = this.modelFor("group");
     this.modal.show(CreateInvite, {
-      model: { invite: { groupIds: [group.id] } },
+      model: { groupIds: [group.id] },
     });
   },
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/create-invite-modal-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/create-invite-modal-test.js
index 612e558027d..0e2f30dcf83 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/create-invite-modal-test.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/acceptance/create-invite-modal-test.js
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ acceptance(
           },
         ]);
       });
+
+      server.post("/invites", () => helper.response({}));
     });
 
     test("shows correct saved data in form", async function (assert) {
@@ -281,6 +283,8 @@ acceptance(
       await visit("/g/discourse");
       await click(".group-members-invite");
       assert.dom(".invite-to-groups .formatted-selection").hasText("Discourse");
+
+      await click(".save-invite");
     });
   }
 );