diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/FlowController.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/FlowController.java
index 8da894f055..2e351a32b4 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/FlowController.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/FlowController.java
@@ -1870,6 +1870,10 @@ public class FlowController implements EventAccess, ControllerServiceProvider, R
                     procNode.setExecutionNode(ExecutionNode.valueOf(config.getExecutionNode()));
                 }
 
+                if (processorDTO.getState().equals(ScheduledState.DISABLED.toString())) {
+                    procNode.disable();
+                }
+
                 // ensure that the scheduling strategy is set prior to these values
                 procNode.setMaxConcurrentTasks(config.getConcurrentlySchedulableTaskCount());
                 procNode.setScheduldingPeriod(config.getSchedulingPeriod());
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TemplateUtils.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TemplateUtils.java
index ff7d61f4f5..be27c5e35d 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TemplateUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TemplateUtils.java
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ public class TemplateUtils {
             processorDTO.setDescription(null);
             processorDTO.setInputRequirement(null);
             processorDTO.setPersistsState(null);
-            processorDTO.setState(null);
             processorDTO.setSupportsBatching(null);
             processorDTO.setSupportsEventDriven(null);
             processorDTO.setSupportsParallelProcessing(null);
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TestFlowController.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TestFlowController.java
index 31bf497996..691af10b6e 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TestFlowController.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-framework-core/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/controller/TestFlowController.java
@@ -846,6 +846,62 @@ public class TestFlowController {
         assertEquals(1, controller.getRootGroup().getProcessors().size());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInstantiateSnippetWithDisabledProcessor() throws ProcessorInstantiationException {
+        final String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        final BundleCoordinate coordinate = systemBundle.getBundleDetails().getCoordinate();
+        final ProcessorNode processorNode = controller.createProcessor(DummyProcessor.class.getName(), id, coordinate);
+        processorNode.disable();
+
+        // create a processor dto
+        final ProcessorDTO processorDTO = new ProcessorDTO();
+        processorDTO.setId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()); // use a different id here
+        processorDTO.setPosition(new PositionDTO(new Double(0), new Double(0)));
+        processorDTO.setStyle(processorNode.getStyle());
+        processorDTO.setParentGroupId("1234");
+        processorDTO.setInputRequirement(processorNode.getInputRequirement().name());
+        processorDTO.setPersistsState(processorNode.getProcessor().getClass().isAnnotationPresent(Stateful.class));
+        processorDTO.setRestricted(processorNode.isRestricted());
+        processorDTO.setExtensionMissing(processorNode.isExtensionMissing());
+
+        processorDTO.setType(processorNode.getCanonicalClassName());
+        processorDTO.setBundle(new BundleDTO(coordinate.getGroup(), coordinate.getId(), coordinate.getVersion()));
+        processorDTO.setName(processorNode.getName());
+        processorDTO.setState(processorNode.getScheduledState().toString());
+
+        processorDTO.setRelationships(new ArrayList<>());
+
+        processorDTO.setDescription("description");
+        processorDTO.setSupportsParallelProcessing(!processorNode.isTriggeredSerially());
+        processorDTO.setSupportsEventDriven(processorNode.isEventDrivenSupported());
+        processorDTO.setSupportsBatching(processorNode.isHighThroughputSupported());
+
+        ProcessorConfigDTO configDTO = new ProcessorConfigDTO();
+        configDTO.setSchedulingPeriod(processorNode.getSchedulingPeriod());
+        configDTO.setPenaltyDuration(processorNode.getPenalizationPeriod());
+        configDTO.setYieldDuration(processorNode.getYieldPeriod());
+        configDTO.setRunDurationMillis(processorNode.getRunDuration(TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
+        configDTO.setConcurrentlySchedulableTaskCount(processorNode.getMaxConcurrentTasks());
+        configDTO.setLossTolerant(processorNode.isLossTolerant());
+        configDTO.setComments(processorNode.getComments());
+        configDTO.setBulletinLevel(processorNode.getBulletinLevel().name());
+        configDTO.setSchedulingStrategy(processorNode.getSchedulingStrategy().name());
+        configDTO.setExecutionNode(processorNode.getExecutionNode().name());
+        configDTO.setAnnotationData(processorNode.getAnnotationData());
+
+        processorDTO.setConfig(configDTO);
+
+        // create the snippet with the processor
+        final FlowSnippetDTO flowSnippetDTO = new FlowSnippetDTO();
+        flowSnippetDTO.setProcessors(Collections.singleton(processorDTO));
+
+        // instantiate the snippet
+        assertEquals(0, controller.getRootGroup().getProcessors().size());
+        controller.instantiateSnippet(controller.getRootGroup(), flowSnippetDTO);
+        assertEquals(1, controller.getRootGroup().getProcessors().size());
+        assertTrue(controller.getRootGroup().getProcessors().iterator().next().getScheduledState().equals(ScheduledState.DISABLED));
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
     public void testInstantiateSnippetWhenControllerServiceMissingBundle() throws ProcessorInstantiationException {
         final String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/util/SnippetUtils.java b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/util/SnippetUtils.java
index ff8b566aa9..db7a5b0347 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/util/SnippetUtils.java
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-framework-bundle/nifi-framework/nifi-web/nifi-web-api/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/web/util/SnippetUtils.java
@@ -599,7 +599,11 @@ public final class SnippetUtils {
                     final ProcessorDTO cp = dtoFactory.copy(processorDTO);
                     cp.setId(generateId(processorDTO.getId(), idGenerationSeed, isCopy));
                     cp.setParentGroupId(groupId);
-                    cp.setState(ScheduledState.STOPPED.toString());
+                    if(processorDTO.getState() != null && processorDTO.getState().equals(ScheduledState.DISABLED.toString())) {
+                        cp.setState(ScheduledState.DISABLED.toString());
+                    } else {
+                        cp.setState(ScheduledState.STOPPED.toString());
+                    }
                     processors.add(cp);
 
                     connectableMap.put(processorDTO.getParentGroupId() + "-" + processorDTO.getId(), dtoFactory.createConnectableDto(cp));