diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index bf4f430e41..b5be18ed7a 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -2499,6 +2499,15 @@ function wp_update_comment( $commentarr, $wp_error = false ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$filter_comment = false;
+	if ( ! has_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' ) ) {
+		$filter_comment = ! user_can( isset( $comment['user_id'] ) ? $comment['user_id'] : 0, 'unfiltered_html' );
+	}
+
+	if ( $filter_comment ) {
+		add_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' );
+	}
+
 	// Escape data pulled from DB.
 	$comment = wp_slash( $comment );
 
@@ -2509,6 +2518,10 @@ function wp_update_comment( $commentarr, $wp_error = false ) {
 
 	$commentarr = wp_filter_comment( $commentarr );
 
+	if ( $filter_comment ) {
+		remove_filter( 'pre_comment_content', 'wp_filter_kses' );
+	}
+
 	// Now extract the merged array.
 	$data = wp_unslash( $commentarr );
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 8be439b902..1ea3f15c2f 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '6.1-RC1-54526';
+$wp_version = '6.1-RC1-54527';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.