.../EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php      | 24 +++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
index f7e783b..90a91a6 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Functional/EntityResource/EntityResourceTestBase.php
@@ -979,18 +979,6 @@ public function testPatch() {
 
     $request_options[RequestOptions::HEADERS]['Content-Type'] = static::$mimeType;
 
-    // DX: 400 when no request body.
-    $response = $this->request('PATCH', $url, $request_options);
-    $this->assertResourceErrorResponse(400, 'No entity content received.', $response);
-
-    $request_options[RequestOptions::BODY] = $unparseable_request_body;
-
-    // DX: 400 when unparseable request body.
-    $response = $this->request('PATCH', $url, $request_options);
-    $this->assertResourceErrorResponse(400, 'Syntax error', $response);
-
-    $request_options[RequestOptions::BODY] = $parseable_invalid_request_body;
-
     if (static::$auth) {
       // DX: forgetting authentication: authentication provider-specific error
       // response.
@@ -1006,6 +994,18 @@ public function testPatch() {
 
     $this->setUpAuthorization('PATCH');
 
+    // DX: 400 when no request body.
+    $response = $this->request('PATCH', $url, $request_options);
+    $this->assertResourceErrorResponse(400, 'No entity content received.', $response);
+
+    $request_options[RequestOptions::BODY] = $unparseable_request_body;
+
+    // DX: 400 when unparseable request body.
+    $response = $this->request('PATCH', $url, $request_options);
+    $this->assertResourceErrorResponse(400, 'Syntax error', $response);
+
+    $request_options[RequestOptions::BODY] = $parseable_invalid_request_body;
+
     // DX: 422 when invalid entity: multiple values sent for single-value field.
     $response = $this->request('PATCH', $url, $request_options);
     $label_field = $this->entity->getEntityType()->hasKey('label') ? $this->entity->getEntityType()->getKey('label') : static::$labelFieldName;