diff --git a/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py b/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
index 081b63a8b..04e75ca3c 100644
--- a/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
+++ b/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
@@ -864,20 +864,19 @@ async def _extract_form_body(
     received_body: FormData,
 ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     values = {}
-    first_field = body_fields[0]
-    first_field_info = first_field.field_info
 
     for field in body_fields:
         value = _get_multidict_value(field, received_body)
+        field_info = field.field_info
         if (
-            isinstance(first_field_info, params.File)
+            isinstance(field_info, params.File)
             and is_bytes_field(field)
             and isinstance(value, UploadFile)
         ):
             value = await value.read()
         elif (
             is_bytes_sequence_field(field)
-            and isinstance(first_field_info, params.File)
+            and isinstance(field_info, params.File)
             and value_is_sequence(value)
         ):
             # For types
diff --git a/tests/test_file_and_form_order_issue_9116.py b/tests/test_file_and_form_order_issue_9116.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1dde9f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_file_and_form_order_issue_9116.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""
+See https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/discussions/9116
+
+Showcases regression introduced in commit ab2b86f
+
+"""
+
+import pathlib
+from typing import List
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import FastAPI, File, Form
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from typing_extensions import Annotated
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+@app.post("/file_before_form")
+def file_before_form(
+    file: bytes = File(...),
+    city: str = Form(...),
+):
+    return {"file_content": file, "city": city}
+
+
+@app.post("/file_after_form")
+def file_after_form(
+    city: str = Form(...),
+    file: bytes = File(...),
+):
+    return {"file_content": file, "city": city}
+
+
+@app.post("/file_list_before_form")
+def file_list_before_form(
+    files: Annotated[List[bytes], File()],
+    city: Annotated[str, Form(...)],
+):
+    return {"file_contents": files, "city": city}
+
+
+@app.post("/file_list_after_form")
+def file_list_after_form(
+    city: Annotated[str, Form(...)],
+    files: Annotated[List[bytes], File()],
+):
+    return {"file_contents": files, "city": city}
+
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_file_1(tmp_path) -> pathlib.Path:
+    f = tmp_path / "example1.txt"
+    f.write_text("foo")
+    return f
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def tmp_file_2(tmp_path) -> pathlib.Path:
+    f = tmp_path / "example2.txt"
+    f.write_text("bar")
+    return f
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("endpoint_path", ("/file_before_form", "/file_after_form"))
+def test_file_form_order(endpoint_path: str, tmp_file_1):
+    response = client.post(
+        url=endpoint_path,
+        data={"city": "Thimphou"},
+        files={"file": (tmp_file_1.name, tmp_file_1.read_bytes())},
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+    assert response.json() == {"file_content": "foo", "city": "Thimphou"}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "endpoint_path", ("/file_list_before_form", "/file_list_after_form")
+)
+def test_file_list_form_order(endpoint_path: str, tmp_file_1, tmp_file_2):
+    response = client.post(
+        url=endpoint_path,
+        data={"city": "Thimphou"},
+        files=(
+            ("files", (tmp_file_1.name, tmp_file_1.read_bytes())),
+            ("files", (tmp_file_2.name, tmp_file_2.read_bytes())),
+        ),
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+    assert response.json() == {"file_contents": ["foo", "bar"], "city": "Thimphou"}