diff --git a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
index faee28dc2e5..2e90321b142 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1/stepaction_types.go
@@ -142,6 +142,21 @@ type StepActionSpec struct {
 	VolumeMounts []corev1.VolumeMount `json:"volumeMounts,omitempty" patchStrategy:"merge" patchMergeKey:"mountPath" protobuf:"bytes,9,rep,name=volumeMounts"`
 }
 
+// ToStep converts the StepActionSpec to a Step struct
+func (ss *StepActionSpec) ToStep() *v1.Step {
+	return &v1.Step{
+		Image:           ss.Image,
+		Command:         ss.Command,
+		Args:            ss.Args,
+		WorkingDir:      ss.WorkingDir,
+		Script:          ss.Script,
+		Env:             ss.Env,
+		VolumeMounts:    ss.VolumeMounts,
+		SecurityContext: ss.SecurityContext,
+		Results:         ss.Results,
+	}
+}
+
 // StepActionObject is implemented by StepAction
 type StepActionObject interface {
 	apis.Defaultable
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec.go
index 9b9e14174d5..64d71df04e8 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec.go
@@ -114,31 +114,33 @@ func GetStepActionsData(ctx context.Context, taskSpec v1.TaskSpec, taskRun *v1.T
 			stepActionSpec := stepAction.StepActionSpec()
 			stepActionSpec.SetDefaults(ctx)
 
-			s.Image = stepActionSpec.Image
-			s.SecurityContext = stepActionSpec.SecurityContext
-			if len(stepActionSpec.Command) > 0 {
-				s.Command = stepActionSpec.Command
+			stepFromStepAction := stepActionSpec.ToStep()
+			if err := validateStepHasStepActionParameters(s.Params, stepActionSpec.Params); err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
-			if len(stepActionSpec.Args) > 0 {
-				s.Args = stepActionSpec.Args
+			stepFromStepAction = applyStepActionParameters(stepFromStepAction, &taskSpec, taskRun, s.Params, stepActionSpec.Params)
+
+			s.Image = stepFromStepAction.Image
+			s.SecurityContext = stepFromStepAction.SecurityContext
+			if len(stepFromStepAction.Command) > 0 {
+				s.Command = stepFromStepAction.Command
 			}
-			if stepActionSpec.Script != "" {
-				s.Script = stepActionSpec.Script
+			if len(stepFromStepAction.Args) > 0 {
+				s.Args = stepFromStepAction.Args
 			}
-			s.WorkingDir = stepActionSpec.WorkingDir
-			if stepActionSpec.Env != nil {
-				s.Env = stepActionSpec.Env
+			if stepFromStepAction.Script != "" {
+				s.Script = stepFromStepAction.Script
 			}
-			if len(stepActionSpec.VolumeMounts) > 0 {
-				s.VolumeMounts = stepActionSpec.VolumeMounts
+			s.WorkingDir = stepFromStepAction.WorkingDir
+			if stepFromStepAction.Env != nil {
+				s.Env = stepFromStepAction.Env
 			}
-			if len(stepActionSpec.Results) > 0 {
-				s.Results = stepActionSpec.Results
+			if len(stepFromStepAction.VolumeMounts) > 0 {
+				s.VolumeMounts = stepFromStepAction.VolumeMounts
 			}
-			if err := validateStepHasStepActionParameters(s.Params, stepActionSpec.Params); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+			if len(stepFromStepAction.Results) > 0 {
+				s.Results = stepFromStepAction.Results
 			}
-			s = applyStepActionParameters(s, &taskSpec, taskRun, s.Params, stepActionSpec.Params)
 			s.Params = nil
 			s.Ref = nil
 			steps = append(steps, *s)
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec_test.go
index 1e8d8ac603e..2fdde6b2b6e 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources/taskspec_test.go
@@ -817,6 +817,61 @@ func TestGetStepActionsData(t *testing.T) {
 			Image: "myimage",
 			Args:  []string{"taskrun string param", "taskspec", "array", "taskspec", "array", "param", "taskrun key", "taskspec key2", "step action key3"},
 		}},
+	}, {
+		name: "params in step propagated to stepaction only",
+		tr: &v1.TaskRun{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "mytaskrun",
+				Namespace: "default",
+			},
+			Spec: v1.TaskRunSpec{
+				Params: v1.Params{{
+					Name: "stringparam",
+					Value: v1.ParamValue{
+						Type:      v1.ParamTypeString,
+						StringVal: "taskrun string param",
+					},
+				}},
+				TaskSpec: &v1.TaskSpec{
+					Steps: []v1.Step{{
+						Ref: &v1.Ref{
+							Name: "stepAction",
+						},
+						Params: v1.Params{{
+							Name: "stringparam",
+							Value: v1.ParamValue{
+								Type:      v1.ParamTypeString,
+								StringVal: "step string param",
+							},
+						}},
+						OnError:      v1.OnErrorType("$(params.stringparam)"),
+						StdoutConfig: &v1.StepOutputConfig{Path: "$(params.stringparam)"},
+						StderrConfig: &v1.StepOutputConfig{Path: "$(params.stringparam)"},
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		stepAction: &v1alpha1.StepAction{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name:      "stepAction",
+				Namespace: "default",
+			},
+			Spec: v1alpha1.StepActionSpec{
+				Image: "myimage",
+				Args:  []string{"echo", "$(params.stringparam)"},
+				Params: v1.ParamSpecs{{
+					Name: "stringparam",
+					Type: v1.ParamTypeString,
+				}},
+			},
+		},
+		want: []v1.Step{{
+			Image:        "myimage",
+			Args:         []string{"echo", "step string param"},
+			OnError:      v1.OnErrorType("$(params.stringparam)"),
+			StdoutConfig: &v1.StepOutputConfig{Path: "$(params.stringparam)"},
+			StderrConfig: &v1.StepOutputConfig{Path: "$(params.stringparam)"},
+		}},
 	}, {
 		name: "propagating step result substitution strings into step actions",
 		tr: &v1.TaskRun{
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
index 0f265e5cf9f..256364c2333 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/taskrun_test.go
@@ -3693,6 +3693,47 @@ spec:
 			Args:    []string{"taskrun string param", "taskrun", "array", "taskrun", "array", "param", "taskrun object param"},
 			Name:    "step1",
 		}},
+	}, {
+		name: "params with the same name propagated from taskrun and step",
+		taskRun: parse.MustParseV1TaskRun(t, `
+metadata:
+  name: taskrun-with-string-params
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  params:
+    - name: stringparam
+      value: "taskrun string param"
+  taskSpec:
+    steps:
+      - ref:
+          name: stepAction
+        name: step1
+        stdoutConfig: 
+          path: $(params.stringparam)
+        params:
+          - name: stringparam
+            value: "step string param"
+`),
+		stepAction: parse.MustParseV1alpha1StepAction(t, `
+metadata:
+  name: stepAction
+  namespace: foo
+spec:
+  params:
+    - name: stringparam
+  image: myImage
+  command: ["echo"]
+  args: ["$(params.stringparam)"]
+`),
+		want: []v1.Step{{
+			Image:   "myImage",
+			Command: []string{"echo"},
+			Args:    []string{"step string param"},
+			Name:    "step1",
+			StdoutConfig: &v1.StepOutputConfig{
+				Path: "taskrun string param",
+			},
+		}},
 	}, {
 		name: "step results",
 		taskRun: parse.MustParseV1TaskRun(t, `