diff --git a/__e2e__/default.test.ts b/__e2e__/default.test.ts
index 1ac3b7727..48676d67e 100644
--- a/__e2e__/default.test.ts
+++ b/__e2e__/default.test.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ test('shows up help information without passing in any args', () => {
   const {stderr} = runCLI(DIR);
   expect(stderr).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
+
+test('does not pass --platform-name by default', () => {
+  const {stderr} = runCLI(DIR);
+  expect(stderr).not.toContain("unknown option '--platform-name'");
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
index 2f973f307..323653bf9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/index.ts
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ async function setupAndRun(platformName?: string) {
 
   const argv = [...process.argv];
 
-  // If out of tree platform specifices custom platform name by passing it to , we need to pass it to argv array.
-  if (platformName) {
+  // If out of tree platform specifices custom platform name, we need to pass it to argv array for the init command.
+  if (process.argv.includes('init') && platformName) {
     argv.push('--platform-name', platformName);
   }