diff --git a/backport-changelog/6.7/7661.md b/backport-changelog/6.7/7661.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2170f50c2a4e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backport-changelog/6.7/7661.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/7661
+
+* https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/66468
diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.7/rest-api.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.7/rest-api.php
index 313367594caae0..89efdc4c4219d2 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.7/rest-api.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.7/rest-api.php
@@ -50,6 +50,25 @@ function gutenberg_block_editor_preload_paths_6_7( $paths, $context ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Preload theme and global styles paths.
+	$excluded_paths = array();
+	if ( 'core/edit-site' === $context->name || 'core/edit-post' === $context->name ) {
+		$active_theme     = get_stylesheet();
+		$global_styles_id = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver_Gutenberg::get_user_global_styles_post_id();
+		$paths[]          = '/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/' . $active_theme . '?context=view';
+		$paths[]          = '/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/' . $active_theme . '/variations?context=view';
+		$paths[]          = array( '/wp/v2/global-styles/' . $global_styles_id, 'OPTIONS' );
+
+		// Remove duplicate or unnecessary global styles paths.
+		$excluded_paths[] = '/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/' . $active_theme;
+		$excluded_paths[] = '/wp/v2/global-styles/' . $global_styles_id;
+		foreach ( $paths as $key => $path ) {
+			if ( in_array( $path, $excluded_paths, true ) ) {
+				unset( $paths[ $key ] );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return $paths;
 }
 add_filter( 'block_editor_rest_api_preload_paths', 'gutenberg_block_editor_preload_paths_6_7', 10, 2 );
diff --git a/packages/core-data/src/resolvers.js b/packages/core-data/src/resolvers.js
index 91a73a0b3511c2..a5c33e18efbc60 100644
--- a/packages/core-data/src/resolvers.js
+++ b/packages/core-data/src/resolvers.js
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ export const __experimentalGetCurrentThemeBaseGlobalStyles =
 	() =>
 	async ( { resolveSelect, dispatch } ) => {
 		const currentTheme = await resolveSelect.getCurrentTheme();
+		// Please adjust the preloaded requests if this changes!
 		const themeGlobalStyles = await apiFetch( {
 			path: `/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/${ currentTheme.stylesheet }?context=view`,
 		} );
@@ -657,6 +658,7 @@ export const __experimentalGetCurrentThemeGlobalStylesVariations =
 	() =>
 	async ( { resolveSelect, dispatch } ) => {
 		const currentTheme = await resolveSelect.getCurrentTheme();
+		// Please adjust the preloaded requests if this changes!
 		const variations = await apiFetch( {
 			path: `/wp/v2/global-styles/themes/${ currentTheme.stylesheet }/variations?context=view`,
 		} );
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/global-styles-provider/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/global-styles-provider/index.js
index 6f2d8177056cb1..3f3a3389801eb6 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/global-styles-provider/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/global-styles-provider/index.js
@@ -56,13 +56,27 @@ function useGlobalStylesUserConfig() {
 				select( coreStore ).__experimentalGetCurrentGlobalStylesId();
 
 			let record;
-			const userCanEditGlobalStyles = canUser( 'update', {
-				kind: 'root',
-				name: 'globalStyles',
-				id: _globalStylesId,
-			} );
 
-			if ( _globalStylesId ) {
+			// We want the global styles ID request to finish before triggering
+			// the OPTIONS request for user capabilities, otherwise it will
+			// fetch `/wp/v2/global-styles` instead of
+			// `/wp/v2/global-styles/{id}`!
+			// Please adjust the preloaded requests if this changes!
+			const userCanEditGlobalStyles = _globalStylesId
+				? canUser( 'update', {
+						kind: 'root',
+						name: 'globalStyles',
+						id: _globalStylesId,
+				  } )
+				: null;
+
+			if (
+				_globalStylesId &&
+				// We want the OPTIONS request for user capabilities to finish
+				// before getting the records, otherwise we'll fetch both!
+				typeof userCanEditGlobalStyles === 'boolean'
+			) {
+				// Please adjust the preloaded requests if this changes!
 				if ( userCanEditGlobalStyles ) {
 					record = getEditedEntityRecord(
 						'root',