diff --git a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/workflows/business/WorkflowFactoryImpl.java b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/workflows/business/WorkflowFactoryImpl.java
index e9a4b8813f84..4c7424d0f8b8 100644
--- a/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/workflows/business/WorkflowFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/dotCMS/src/main/java/com/dotmarketing/portlets/workflows/business/WorkflowFactoryImpl.java
@@ -973,7 +973,17 @@ public List<WorkflowStep> findStepsByContentlet(final Contentlet contentlet, fin
 				this.deleteWorkflowTask(this.findWorkFlowTaskById(workflowTaskId));
 			}
 
-            steps = Collections.emptyList();
+			// if it is the community license, has a diff workflow of the system workflow instead of removing the steps, use the first steps of the system workflow
+			if ((LicenseUtil.getLevel() < LicenseLevel.STANDARD.level) && null != workflowTaskId && !WorkflowAPI.SYSTEM_WORKFLOW_ID.equals(workflowTaskId)) {
+
+				final List<WorkflowStep> schemeSteps = this.findSteps(this.findSystemWorkflow());
+				if(UtilMethods.isSet(schemeSteps)){
+					final WorkflowStep step = schemeSteps.get(0);
+					steps.add(step);
+				}
+			} else {
+				steps = Collections.emptyList();
+			}
 		}
 
         cache.addSteps(contentlet, steps);