diff --git a/hugolib/pagesfromdata/pagesfromgotmpl_integration_test.go b/hugolib/pagesfromdata/pagesfromgotmpl_integration_test.go
index f09fa3dc1..75283a122 100644
--- a/hugolib/pagesfromdata/pagesfromgotmpl_integration_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/pagesfromdata/pagesfromgotmpl_integration_test.go
@@ -494,3 +494,27 @@ disableKinds = ['home','section','rss','sitemap','taxonomy','term']
 
 	b.AssertFileExists("public/s-1.2.3/p-4.5.6/index.html", true)
 }
+
+func TestPagesFromGoParamsIssue12497(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	files := `
+-- hugo.toml --
+disableKinds = ['home','section','rss','sitemap','taxonomy','term']
+-- content/_content.gotmpl --
+{{ .AddPage (dict "path" "p1" "title" "p1" "params" (dict "paraM1" "param1v" )) }}
+{{ .AddResource (dict "path" "p1/data1.yaml" "content" (dict "value" "data1" ) "params" (dict "paraM1" "param1v" )) }}
+-- layouts/_default/single.html --
+{{ .Title }}|{{ .Params.paraM1 }}
+{{ range .Resources }}
+{{ .Name }}|{{ .Params.paraM1 }}
+{{ end }}
+`
+
+	b := hugolib.Test(t, files)
+
+	b.AssertFileContent("public/p1/index.html",
+		"p1|param1v",
+		"data1.yaml|param1v",
+	)
+}
diff --git a/resources/page/pagemeta/page_frontmatter.go b/resources/page/pagemeta/page_frontmatter.go
index d5ed1e401..10ba2a991 100644
--- a/resources/page/pagemeta/page_frontmatter.go
+++ b/resources/page/pagemeta/page_frontmatter.go
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ func (p *PageConfig) Compile(basePath string, pagesFromData bool, ext string, lo
 		p.Path = path.Join(basePath, p.Path)
 	}
 
+	if p.Params == nil {
+		p.Params = make(maps.Params)
+	}
+	maps.PrepareParams(p.Params)
+
 	if p.Content.Markup == "" && p.Content.MediaType == "" {
 		if ext == "" {
 			ext = "md"