diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
index 571d207803..b5d6a04a8d 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
@@ -406,7 +406,9 @@ class WP_REST_Attachments_Controller extends WP_REST_Posts_Controller {
 
 		if ( in_array( 'caption', $fields, true ) ) {
 			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
-			$caption         = apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt, $post ) );
+			$caption         = apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt, $post );
+			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
+			$caption         = apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', $caption );
 			$data['caption'] = array(
 				'raw'      => $post->post_excerpt,
 				'rendered' => $caption,
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
index 2b71a76cb0..428a5ff31b 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
@@ -1558,7 +1558,9 @@ class WP_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_REST_Controller {
 
 		if ( rest_is_field_included( 'excerpt', $fields ) ) {
 			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
-			$excerpt         = apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt, $post ) );
+			$excerpt         = apply_filters( 'get_the_excerpt', $post->post_excerpt, $post );
+			/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
+			$excerpt         = apply_filters( 'the_excerpt', $excerpt );
 			$data['excerpt'] = array(
 				'raw'       => $post->post_excerpt,
 				'rendered'  => post_password_required( $post ) ? '' : $excerpt,