diff --git a/src/api/form/PDFCheckBox.ts b/src/api/form/PDFCheckBox.ts
index 4da69f31f..c25b0559f 100644
--- a/src/api/form/PDFCheckBox.ts
+++ b/src/api/form/PDFCheckBox.ts
@@ -197,9 +197,11 @@ export default class PDFCheckBox extends PDFField {
     const widgets = this.acroField.getWidgets();
     for (let idx = 0, len = widgets.length; idx < len; idx++) {
       const widget = widgets[idx];
-      const value = this.acroField.getValue();
+      const state = widget.getAppearanceState();
       const normal = widget.getAppearances()?.normal;
-      return !(normal instanceof PDFDict && normal.has(value));
+
+      if (!(normal instanceof PDFDict)) return true;
+      if (state && !normal.has(state)) return true;
     }
 
     return false;
diff --git a/src/api/form/PDFForm.ts b/src/api/form/PDFForm.ts
index f2151b157..6fc3e3988 100644
--- a/src/api/form/PDFForm.ts
+++ b/src/api/form/PDFForm.ts
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ export default class PDFForm {
         }
 
         if (!(refOrDict instanceof PDFRef)) {
-          throw new Error(`Failed to extract appearance ref`);
+          const name = field.getName();
+          throw new Error(`Failed to extract appearance ref for: ${name}`);
         }
 
         const xObjectKey = addRandomSuffix('FlatWidget', 10);
diff --git a/src/api/form/PDFRadioGroup.ts b/src/api/form/PDFRadioGroup.ts
index c4f897f50..40430e839 100644
--- a/src/api/form/PDFRadioGroup.ts
+++ b/src/api/form/PDFRadioGroup.ts
@@ -401,15 +401,14 @@ export default class PDFRadioGroup extends PDFField {
     const widgets = this.acroField.getWidgets();
     for (let idx = 0, len = widgets.length; idx < len; idx++) {
       const widget = widgets[idx];
-      const value = this.acroField.getValue();
+      const state = widget.getAppearanceState();
       const normal = widget.getAppearances()?.normal;
 
-      if (normal instanceof PDFDict && normal.has(value)) {
-        return false;
-      }
+      if (!(normal instanceof PDFDict)) return true;
+      if (state && !normal.has(state)) return true;
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/core/annotation/PDFAnnotation.ts b/src/core/annotation/PDFAnnotation.ts
index ef89b24a9..d62258251 100644
--- a/src/core/annotation/PDFAnnotation.ts
+++ b/src/core/annotation/PDFAnnotation.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class PDFAnnotation {
     this.dict.set(PDFName.of('Rect'), Rect);
   }
 
+  getAppearanceState(): PDFName | undefined {
+    const AS = this.dict.lookup(PDFName.of('AS'));
+    if (AS instanceof PDFName) return AS;
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
   setAppearanceState(state: PDFName) {
     this.dict.set(PDFName.of('AS'), state);
   }