diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/get-global-styles-and-settings.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
index 9ed3e891182cb..d4f1f9ef03492 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.0/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
@@ -5,35 +5,6 @@
  * @package gutenberg
  */
 
-/**
- * Function to get the settings resulting of merging core, theme, and user data.
- *
- * @param array $path    Path to the specific setting to retrieve. Optional.
- *                       If empty, will return all settings.
- * @param array $context {
- *     Metadata to know where to retrieve the $path from. Optional.
- *
- *     @type string $block_name Which block to retrieve the settings from.
- *                              If empty, it'll return the settings for the global context.
- *     @type string $origin     Which origin to take data from.
- *                              Valid values are 'all' (core, theme, and user) or 'base' (core and theme).
- *                              If empty or unknown, 'all' is used.
- * }
- *
- * @return array The settings to retrieve.
- */
-function gutenberg_get_global_settings( $path = array(), $context = array() ) {
-	if ( ! empty( $context['block_name'] ) ) {
-		$path = array_merge( array( 'blocks', $context['block_name'] ), $path );
-	}
-	$origin = 'custom';
-	if ( isset( $context['origin'] ) && 'base' === $context['origin'] ) {
-		$origin = 'theme';
-	}
-	$settings = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver_Gutenberg::get_merged_data( $origin )->get_settings();
-	return _wp_array_get( $settings, $path, $settings );
-}
-
 /**
  * Function to get the styles resulting of merging core, theme, and user data.
  *
diff --git a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/get-global-styles-and-settings.php b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
index 5d37d3182ccc8..cee145acca5fc 100644
--- a/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
+++ b/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/get-global-styles-and-settings.php
@@ -189,3 +189,41 @@ function _gutenberg_get_global_stylesheet_clean_cache_upon_upgrading( $upgrader,
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Function to get the settings resulting of merging core, theme, and user data.
+ *
+ * @param array $path    Path to the specific setting to retrieve. Optional.
+ *                       If empty, will return all settings.
+ * @param array $context {
+ *     Metadata to know where to retrieve the $path from. Optional.
+ *
+ *     @type string $block_name Which block to retrieve the settings from.
+ *                              If empty, it'll return the settings for the global context.
+ *     @type string $origin     Which origin to take data from.
+ *                              Valid values are 'all' (core, theme, and user) or 'base' (core and theme).
+ *                              If empty or unknown, 'all' is used.
+ * }
+ *
+ * @return array The settings to retrieve.
+ */
+function gutenberg_get_global_settings( $path = array(), $context = array() ) {
+	if ( ! empty( $context['block_name'] ) ) {
+		$new_path = array( 'blocks', $context['block_name'] );
+		foreach ( $path as $subpath ) {
+			$new_path[] = $subpath;
+		}
+		$path = $new_path;
+	}
+
+	// This is the default value when no origin is provided or when it is 'all'.
+	$origin = 'custom';
+	if (
+		! wp_theme_has_theme_json() ||
+		( isset( $context['origin'] ) && 'base' === $context['origin'] )
+	) {
+		$origin = 'theme';
+	}
+
+	$settings = WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver_Gutenberg::get_merged_data( $origin )->get_settings();
+	return _wp_array_get( $settings, $path, $settings );
+}