diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e69de29bb2d..03927817da2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixes issue where initializing Hosting fails when selecting a project. (#6527)
diff --git a/src/getDefaultHostingSite.ts b/src/getDefaultHostingSite.ts
index 5ad09d973be..795e4b043d6 100644
--- a/src/getDefaultHostingSite.ts
+++ b/src/getDefaultHostingSite.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const errNoDefaultSite = new FirebaseError(
  * @param options The command-line options object
  * @return The hosting site ID
  */
-export async function getDefaultHostingSite(options: any): Promise<string> {
+export async function getDefaultHostingSite(options: { projectId?: string }): Promise<string> {
   const projectId = needProjectId(options);
   const project = await getFirebaseProject(projectId);
   let site = project.resources?.hostingSite;
diff --git a/src/hosting/interactive.ts b/src/hosting/interactive.ts
index f48ff3c8ef2..6611df7fc22 100644
--- a/src/hosting/interactive.ts
+++ b/src/hosting/interactive.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { FirebaseError } from "../error";
 import { logWarning } from "../utils";
 import { needProjectId, needProjectNumber } from "../projectUtils";
-import { Options } from "../options";
 import { promptOnce } from "../prompt";
 import { Site, createSite } from "./api";
 
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ const prompt =
 export async function interactiveCreateHostingSite(
   siteId: string,
   appId: string,
-  options: Options
+  options: { projectId?: string; nonInteractive?: boolean }
 ): Promise<Site> {
   const projectId = needProjectId(options);
   const projectNumber = await needProjectNumber(options);
diff --git a/src/init/features/hosting/index.ts b/src/init/features/hosting/index.ts
index f0dc6500f7b..3b6a298d0dd 100644
--- a/src/init/features/hosting/index.ts
+++ b/src/init/features/hosting/index.ts
@@ -27,31 +27,40 @@ const DEFAULT_IGNORES = ["firebase.json", "**/.*", "**/node_modules/**"];
 
 /**
  * Does the setup steps for Firebase Hosting.
+ * WARNING: #6527 - `options` may not have all the things you think it does.
  */
 export async function doSetup(setup: any, config: any, options: Options): Promise<void> {
   setup.hosting = {};
 
-  let hasHostingSite = true;
-  try {
-    await getDefaultHostingSite(options);
-  } catch (err: unknown) {
-    if (err !== errNoDefaultSite) {
-      throw err;
+  // There's a path where we can set up Hosting without a project, so if
+  // if setup.projectId is empty, we don't do any checking for a Hosting site.
+  if (setup.projectId) {
+    let hasHostingSite = true;
+    try {
+      await getDefaultHostingSite({ projectId: setup.projectId });
+    } catch (err: unknown) {
+      if (err !== errNoDefaultSite) {
+        throw err;
+      }
+      hasHostingSite = false;
     }
-    hasHostingSite = false;
-  }
 
-  if (!hasHostingSite) {
-    const confirmCreate = await promptOnce({
-      type: "confirm",
-      message: "A Firebase Hosting site is required to deploy. Would you like to create one now?",
-      default: true,
-    });
-    if (confirmCreate) {
-      const newSite = await interactiveCreateHostingSite("", "", options);
-      logger.info();
-      logSuccess(`Firebase Hosting site ${last(newSite.name.split("/"))} created!`);
-      logger.info();
+    if (!hasHostingSite) {
+      const confirmCreate = await promptOnce({
+        type: "confirm",
+        message: "A Firebase Hosting site is required to deploy. Would you like to create one now?",
+        default: true,
+      });
+      if (confirmCreate) {
+        const createOptions = {
+          projectId: setup.projectId,
+          nonInteractive: options.nonInteractive,
+        };
+        const newSite = await interactiveCreateHostingSite("", "", createOptions);
+        logger.info();
+        logSuccess(`Firebase Hosting site ${last(newSite.name.split("/"))} created!`);
+        logger.info();
+      }
     }
   }