diff --git a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
index 7084d982f18ad30..27316dd1fd3e035 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/next-server.ts
@@ -2049,9 +2049,7 @@ export default class NextNodeServer extends BaseServer {
 
     // For middleware to "fetch" we must always provide an absolute URL
     const isDataReq = !!params.query.__nextDataReq
-    const query = urlQueryToSearchParams(
-      Object.assign({}, getRequestMeta(params.req, '__NEXT_INIT_QUERY') || {})
-    ).toString()
+    const query = urlQueryToSearchParams(params.query).toString()
     const locale = params.query.__nextLocale
     // Use original pathname (without `/page`) instead of appPath for url
     let normalizedPathname = params.page
diff --git a/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/middleware.js b/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/middleware.js
index 83ba6722ff61e8c..5a5f2f903d01931 100644
--- a/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/middleware.js
+++ b/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/middleware.js
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export async function middleware(request) {
     return NextResponse.next()
   }
 
+  if (url.pathname === '/api/edge-search-params') {
+    const newUrl = url.clone()
+    newUrl.searchParams.set('foo', 'bar')
+    return NextResponse.rewrite(newUrl)
+  }
+
   if (url.pathname === '/') {
     url.pathname = '/ssg/first'
     return NextResponse.rewrite(url)
diff --git a/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/pages/api/edge-search-params.js b/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/pages/api/edge-search-params.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..a67cecdf18ec0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/middleware-general/app/pages/api/edge-search-params.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
+
+export const config = { runtime: 'experimental-edge' }
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('next/server').NextRequest}
+ */
+export default (req) => {
+  return NextResponse.json(Object.fromEntries(req.nextUrl.searchParams))
+}
diff --git a/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts b/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
index a99d002b1201001..e5e19c6bc1e95b1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/middleware-general/test/index.test.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ describe('Middleware Runtime', () => {
               'ANOTHER_MIDDLEWARE_TEST',
               'STRING_ENV_VAR',
             ],
-            files: ['server/edge-runtime-webpack.js', 'server/middleware.js'],
+            files: expect.arrayContaining([
+              'server/edge-runtime-webpack.js',
+              'server/middleware.js',
+            ]),
             name: 'middleware',
             page: '/',
             matchers: [{ regexp: '^/.*$' }],
@@ -157,6 +160,17 @@ describe('Middleware Runtime', () => {
       })
     }
 
+    it('passes search params with rewrites', async () => {
+      const response = await fetchViaHTTP(next.url, `/api/edge-search-params`, {
+        a: 'b',
+      })
+      await expect(response.json()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+        a: 'b',
+        // included from middleware
+        foo: 'bar',
+      })
+    })
+
     it('should have init header for NextResponse.redirect', async () => {
       const res = await fetchViaHTTP(
         next.url,