diff --git a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
index d14aefb1f6308..28fa689b8d020 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ public function create_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
 			);
 		}
 
+		if ( empty( $request['post'] ) ) {
+			return new WP_Error(
+				'rest_comment_invalid_post_id',
+				__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create this comment without a post.' ),
+				array( 'status' => 403 )
+			);
+		}
+
 		$edit_cap = $is_note ? array( 'edit_post', (int) $request['post'] ) : array( 'moderate_comments' );
 		if ( isset( $request['status'] ) && ! current_user_can( ...$edit_cap ) ) {
 			return new WP_Error(
@@ -578,14 +586,6 @@ public function create_item_permissions_check( $request ) {
 			);
 		}
 
-		if ( empty( $request['post'] ) ) {
-			return new WP_Error(
-				'rest_comment_invalid_post_id',
-				__( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to create this comment without a post.' ),
-				array( 'status' => 403 )
-			);
-		}
-
 		$post = get_post( (int) $request['post'] );
 
 		if ( ! $post ) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-comments-controller.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-comments-controller.php
index 8542bcd42af24..814ed5da91039 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-comments-controller.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-comments-controller.php
@@ -2024,6 +2024,31 @@ public function test_create_comment_no_post_id_no_permission() {
 		$this->assertErrorResponse( 'rest_comment_invalid_post_id', $response, 403 );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A missing post should be reported as a missing post, even when the request
+	 * also sets `status` and the user is not allowed to set it.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65761
+	 */
+	public function test_create_comment_status_and_no_post_id_no_permission() {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$author_id );
+
+		$params = array(
+			'author_name'  => 'Homer Jay Simpson',
+			'author_email' => 'chunkylover53@aol.com',
+			'author_url'   => 'http://compuglobalhypermeganet.com',
+			'content'      => 'Here\’s to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life\’s problems.',
+			'status'       => 'approved',
+		);
+
+		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'POST', '/wp/v2/comments' );
+		$request->add_header( 'Content-Type', 'application/json' );
+		$request->set_body( wp_json_encode( $params ) );
+
+		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
+		$this->assertErrorResponse( 'rest_comment_invalid_post_id', $response, 403 );
+	}
+
 	public function test_create_comment_invalid_post_id() {
 		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
 
@@ -3813,6 +3838,36 @@ public function test_create_note_status() {
 		$this->assertSame( 'note', $new_comment->comment_type );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * A missing post should be reported as a missing post for notes too.
+	 *
+	 * Without a post, the `status` capability check falls back to
+	 * `current_user_can( 'edit_post', 0 )`, which no role can satisfy. An
+	 * administrator is used here to show the missing post is reported even for a
+	 * user holding every capability.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 65761
+	 */
+	public function test_create_note_status_and_no_post_id() {
+		wp_set_current_user( self::$admin_id );
+
+		$params = array(
+			'author_name'  => 'Ishmael',
+			'author_email' => 'herman-melville@earthlink.net',
+			'author_url'   => 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Melville',
+			'content'      => 'Comic Book Guy',
+			'type'         => 'note',
+			'status'       => 'hold',
+		);
+
+		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'POST', '/wp/v2/comments' );
+		$request->add_header( 'Content-Type', 'application/json' );
+		$request->set_body( wp_json_encode( $params ) );
+
+		$response = rest_get_server()->dispatch( $request );
+		$this->assertErrorResponse( 'rest_comment_invalid_post_id', $response, 403 );
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @ticket 64096
 	 */