diff --git a/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py b/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
index 5079c4976..936125028 100644
--- a/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
+++ b/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
@@ -741,19 +741,22 @@ async def subjects_schema_post(self, content_type, *, subject, request):
                 status=HTTPStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
             )
         for schema in subject_data["schemas"].values():
-            typed_schema = schema["schema"]
-            if typed_schema == new_schema:
+            validated_typed_schema = ValidatedTypedSchema.parse(schema["schema"].schema_type, schema["schema"].schema_str)
+            if (
+                validated_typed_schema.schema_type == new_schema.schema_type
+                and validated_typed_schema.schema == new_schema.schema
+            ):
                 ret = {
                     "subject": subject,
                     "version": schema["version"],
                     "id": schema["id"],
-                    "schema": typed_schema.schema_str,
+                    "schema": validated_typed_schema.schema_str,
                 }
                 if schema_type is not SchemaType.AVRO:
                     ret["schemaType"] = schema_type
                 self.r(ret, content_type)
             else:
-                self.log.debug("Schema %r did not match %r", schema, typed_schema)
+                self.log.debug("Schema %r did not match %r", schema, validated_typed_schema)
         self.r(
             body={
                 "error_code": SchemaErrorCodes.SCHEMA_NOT_FOUND.value,
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_schema.py b/tests/integration/test_schema.py
index 477cd93f5..3b5ee370a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_schema.py
@@ -1526,6 +1526,41 @@ async def test_schema_same_subject(registry_async_client: Client, trail: str) ->
     assert json == {"id": schema_id, "subject": subject, "schema": ujson.loads(schema_str), "version": 1}
 
 
+async def test_schema_same_subject_unnamed(registry_async_client: Client) -> None:
+    """
+    The same schema JSON should be returned when checking the same schema str against the same subject
+    """
+    subject_name_factory = create_subject_name_factory("test_schema_same_subject_unnamed")
+    schema_name = create_schema_name_factory("test_schema_same_subject_unnamed")()
+
+    schema_str = ujson.dumps(
+        {
+            "type": "int",
+            "name": schema_name,
+        }
+    )
+    subject = subject_name_factory()
+    res = await registry_async_client.post(
+        f"subjects/{subject}/versions",
+        json={"schema": schema_str},
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+    schema_id = res.json()["id"]
+
+    unnamed_schema_str = ujson.dumps({"type": "int"})
+
+    res = await registry_async_client.post(
+        f"subjects/{subject}",
+        json={"schema": unnamed_schema_str},
+    )
+    assert res.status_code == 200
+
+    # Switch the str schema to a dict for comparison
+    json = res.json()
+    json["schema"] = ujson.loads(json["schema"])
+    assert json == {"id": schema_id, "subject": subject, "schema": ujson.loads(schema_str), "version": 1}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("trail", ["", "/"])
 async def test_schema_version_number_existing_schema(registry_async_client: Client, trail: str) -> None:
     """