diff --git a/zerver/lib/events.py b/zerver/lib/events.py
index 2d48597b1b..aa18b09939 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/events.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/events.py
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ def fetch_initial_state_data(
         # Most state is handled via the property_types framework;
         # these manual entries are for those realm settings that don't
         # fit into that framework.
-        state["realm_authentication_methods"] = realm.authentication_methods_dict()
+        realm_authentication_methods_dict = realm.authentication_methods_dict()
+        state["realm_authentication_methods"] = realm_authentication_methods_dict
 
         # We pretend these features are disabled because anonymous
         # users can't access them.  In the future, we may want to move
@@ -297,8 +298,12 @@ def fetch_initial_state_data(
         state["realm_digest_emails_enabled"] = (
             realm.digest_emails_enabled and settings.SEND_DIGEST_EMAILS
         )
-        state["realm_email_auth_enabled"] = email_auth_enabled(realm)
-        state["realm_password_auth_enabled"] = password_auth_enabled(realm)
+        state["realm_email_auth_enabled"] = email_auth_enabled(
+            realm, realm_authentication_methods_dict
+        )
+        state["realm_password_auth_enabled"] = password_auth_enabled(
+            realm, realm_authentication_methods_dict
+        )
 
         state["server_generation"] = settings.SERVER_GENERATION
         state["realm_is_zephyr_mirror_realm"] = realm.is_zephyr_mirror_realm
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py b/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
index d9ada23564..3e285f862b 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_event_system.py
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ class FetchQueriesTest(ZulipTestCase):
         self.login_user(user)
 
         flush_per_request_caches()
-        with self.assert_database_query_count(41):
+        with self.assert_database_query_count(38):
             with mock.patch("zerver.lib.events.always_want") as want_mock:
                 fetch_initial_state_data(user)
 
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ class FetchQueriesTest(ZulipTestCase):
             muted_topics=1,
             muted_users=1,
             presence=1,
-            realm=4,
+            realm=1,
             realm_bot=1,
             realm_domains=1,
             realm_embedded_bots=0,
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_home.py b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
index e2d6cfdbe7..b21fcbde61 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_home.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_home.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
 
         # Verify succeeds once logged-in
         flush_per_request_caches()
-        with self.assert_database_query_count(51):
+        with self.assert_database_query_count(48):
             with patch("zerver.lib.cache.cache_set") as cache_mock:
                 result = self._get_home_page(stream="Denmark")
                 self.check_rendered_logged_in_app(result)
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
         # Verify number of queries for Realm admin isn't much higher than for normal users.
         self.login("iago")
         flush_per_request_caches()
-        with self.assert_database_query_count(48):
+        with self.assert_database_query_count(45):
             with patch("zerver.lib.cache.cache_set") as cache_mock:
                 result = self._get_home_page()
                 self.check_rendered_logged_in_app(result)
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class HomeTest(ZulipTestCase):
 
         # Then for the second page load, measure the number of queries.
         flush_per_request_caches()
-        with self.assert_database_query_count(46):
+        with self.assert_database_query_count(43):
             result = self._get_home_page()
 
         # Do a sanity check that our new streams were in the payload.
diff --git a/zproject/backends.py b/zproject/backends.py
index ade8e1252d..4b2c4939eb 100644
--- a/zproject/backends.py
+++ b/zproject/backends.py
@@ -133,9 +133,21 @@ def pad_method_dict(method_dict: Dict[str, bool]) -> Dict[str, bool]:
     return method_dict
 
 
-def auth_enabled_helper(backends_to_check: List[str], realm: Optional[Realm]) -> bool:
+def auth_enabled_helper(
+    backends_to_check: List[str],
+    realm: Optional[Realm],
+    realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None,
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    realm_authentication_methods can be passed if already fetched to avoid
+    a database query.
+    """
     if realm is not None:
-        enabled_method_dict = realm.authentication_methods_dict()
+        if realm_authentication_methods is not None:
+            # Copy the dict to avoid mutating the original if it was passed in as argument.
+            enabled_method_dict = realm_authentication_methods.copy()
+        else:
+            enabled_method_dict = realm.authentication_methods_dict()
     else:
         enabled_method_dict = {method: True for method in AUTH_BACKEND_NAME_MAP}
 
@@ -148,40 +160,60 @@ def auth_enabled_helper(backends_to_check: List[str], realm: Optional[Realm]) ->
     return False
 
 
-def ldap_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["LDAP"], realm)
+def ldap_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["LDAP"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def email_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["Email"], realm)
+def email_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["Email"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def password_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return ldap_auth_enabled(realm) or email_auth_enabled(realm)
+def password_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return ldap_auth_enabled(realm, realm_authentication_methods) or email_auth_enabled(
+        realm, realm_authentication_methods
+    )
 
 
-def dev_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["Dev"], realm)
+def dev_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["Dev"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def google_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["Google"], realm)
+def google_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["Google"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def github_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["GitHub"], realm)
+def github_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["GitHub"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def gitlab_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["GitLab"], realm)
+def gitlab_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["GitLab"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def apple_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["Apple"], realm)
+def apple_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["Apple"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
-def saml_auth_enabled(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool:
-    return auth_enabled_helper(["SAML"], realm)
+def saml_auth_enabled(
+    realm: Optional[Realm] = None, realm_authentication_methods: Optional[Dict[str, bool]] = None
+) -> bool:
+    return auth_enabled_helper(["SAML"], realm, realm_authentication_methods)
 
 
 def require_email_format_usernames(realm: Optional[Realm] = None) -> bool: