diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php
index 1b6a7fe37f..60c3c3ab24 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/fields/class-wp-rest-meta-fields.php
@@ -368,6 +368,16 @@ abstract class WP_REST_Meta_Fields {
 	protected function update_meta_value( $object_id, $meta_key, $name, $value ) {
 		$meta_type = $this->get_meta_type();
 
+		// Do the exact same check for a duplicate value as in update_metadata() to avoid update_metadata() returning false.
+		$old_value = get_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key );
+		$subtype   = get_object_subtype( $meta_type, $object_id );
+
+		if ( is_array( $old_value ) && 1 === count( $old_value )
+			&& $this->is_meta_value_same_as_stored_value( $meta_key, $subtype, $old_value[0], $value )
+		) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
 		if ( ! current_user_can( "edit_{$meta_type}_meta", $object_id, $meta_key ) ) {
 			return new WP_Error(
 				'rest_cannot_update',
@@ -380,16 +390,6 @@ abstract class WP_REST_Meta_Fields {
 			);
 		}
 
-		// Do the exact same check for a duplicate value as in update_metadata() to avoid update_metadata() returning false.
-		$old_value = get_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key );
-		$subtype   = get_object_subtype( $meta_type, $object_id );
-
-		if ( is_array( $old_value ) && 1 === count( $old_value )
-			&& $this->is_meta_value_same_as_stored_value( $meta_key, $subtype, $old_value[0], $value )
-		) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
 		if ( ! update_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, wp_slash( $meta_key ), wp_slash( $value ) ) ) {
 			return new WP_Error(
 				'rest_meta_database_error',
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-post-meta-fields.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-post-meta-fields.php
index 3c627dfd59..2142e80582 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-post-meta-fields.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-post-meta-fields.php
@@ -2299,6 +2299,42 @@ class WP_Test_REST_Post_Meta_Fields extends WP_Test_REST_TestCase {
 		$this->assertSame( array( 'project' => 'WordCamp' ), $data['meta']['object'] );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 57745
+	 */
+	public function test_update_meta_with_unchanged_values_and_custom_authentication() {
+		register_post_meta(
+			'post',
+			'authenticated',
+			array(
+				'single'        => true,
+				'type'          => 'boolean',
+				'default'       => false,
+				'show_in_rest'  => true,
+				'auth_callback' => '__return_false',
+			)
+		);
+
+		add_post_meta( self::$post_id, 'authenticated', false );
+
+		$this->grant_write_permission();
+
+		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'PUT', sprintf( '/wp/v2/posts/%d', self::$post_id ) );
+		$request->set_body_params(
+			array(
+				'meta' => array(
+					'authenticated' => false,
+				),
+			)
+		);
+
+		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
+		$this->assertSame( 200, $response->get_status() );
+
+		$data = $response->get_data();
+		$this->assertSame( false, $data['meta']['authenticated'] );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 43392
 	 */