diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-dryers-yell.md b/.changeset/smooth-dryers-yell.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94dd4f50cd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-dryers-yell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@refinedev/react-hook-form": patch
+---
+
+fix(react-hook-form): properly warn unsaved changes only when there are actual changes (#6691)
diff --git a/packages/react-hook-form/src/useForm/index.ts b/packages/react-hook-form/src/useForm/index.ts
index 15163f7ea240..4c0f6e3fa462 100644
--- a/packages/react-hook-form/src/useForm/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react-hook-form/src/useForm/index.ts
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ export const useForm = <
     watch,
     setValue,
     getValues,
+    formState,
     handleSubmit: handleSubmitReactHookForm,
     setError,
   } = useHookFormResult;
@@ -229,11 +230,11 @@ export const useForm = <
     return () => subscription.unsubscribe();
   }, [watch]);
 
-  const onValuesChange = (changeValues: TVariables) => {
-    if (warnWhenUnsavedChanges) {
-      setWarnWhen(true);
-    }
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setWarnWhen(formState.isDirty && warnWhenUnsavedChanges);
+  }, [formState.isDirty, warnWhenUnsavedChanges]);
 
+  const onValuesChange = (changeValues: TVariables) => {
     if (refineCoreProps?.autoSave?.enabled) {
       setWarnWhen(false);