diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
index 0195ae6e0e..f745c30309 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/utils.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ interface SegmentToken {
   value: string
 }
 
+interface ScannedFile {
+  relativePath: string
+  absolutePath: string
+}
+
 export async function resolvePagesRoutes (): Promise<NuxtPage[]> {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
 
@@ -40,30 +45,30 @@ export async function resolvePagesRoutes (): Promise<NuxtPage[]> {
     layer => resolve(layer.config.srcDir, layer.config.dir?.pages || 'pages')
   )
 
-  const allRoutes = (await Promise.all(
-    pagesDirs.map(async (dir) => {
-      const files = await resolveFiles(dir, `**/*{${nuxt.options.extensions.join(',')}}`)
-      // Sort to make sure parent are listed first
-      files.sort()
-      return generateRoutesFromFiles(files, dir, nuxt.options.experimental.typedPages, nuxt.vfs)
-    })
-  )).flat()
+  const scannedFiles: ScannedFile[] = []
+  for (const dir of pagesDirs) {
+    const files = await resolveFiles(dir, `**/*{${nuxt.options.extensions.join(',')}}`)
+    scannedFiles.push(...files.map(file => ({ relativePath: relative(dir, file), absolutePath: file })))
+  }
+  scannedFiles.sort((a, b) => a.relativePath.localeCompare(b.relativePath))
+
+  const allRoutes = await generateRoutesFromFiles(scannedFiles, nuxt.options.experimental.typedPages, nuxt.vfs)
 
   return uniqueBy(allRoutes, 'path')
 }
 
-export async function generateRoutesFromFiles (files: string[], pagesDir: string, shouldExtractBuildMeta = false, vfs?: Record<string, string>): Promise<NuxtPage[]> {
+export async function generateRoutesFromFiles (files: ScannedFile[], shouldExtractBuildMeta = false, vfs?: Record<string, string>): Promise<NuxtPage[]> {
   const routes: NuxtPage[] = []
 
   for (const file of files) {
-    const segments = relative(pagesDir, file)
-      .replace(new RegExp(`${escapeRE(extname(file))}$`), '')
+    const segments = file.relativePath
+      .replace(new RegExp(`${escapeRE(extname(file.relativePath))}$`), '')
       .split('/')
 
     const route: NuxtPage = {
       name: '',
       path: '',
-      file,
+      file: file.absolutePath,
       children: []
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ export async function generateRoutesFromFiles (files: string[], pagesDir: string
     }
 
     if (shouldExtractBuildMeta && vfs) {
-      const fileContent = file in vfs ? vfs[file] : fs.readFileSync(resolve(pagesDir, file), 'utf-8')
+      const fileContent = file.absolutePath in vfs ? vfs[file.absolutePath] : fs.readFileSync(file.absolutePath, 'utf-8')
       const overrideRouteName = await getRouteName(fileContent)
       if (overrideRouteName) {
         route.name = overrideRouteName
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
index 70f0b07c24..3a62a4b236 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/pages.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { generateRouteKey } from '../src/pages/runtime/utils'
 
 describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
   const pagesDir = 'pages'
+  const layerDir = 'layer/pages'
   const tests: Array<{
     description: string
     files: Array<{ path: string; template?: string; }>
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
         {
           children: [],
           name: 'slug',
-          file: 'pages/[slug].vue',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/[slug].vue`,
           path: '/:slug()'
         },
         {
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
               children: []
             }
           ],
-          file: 'pages/[[foo]]',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/[[foo]]`,
           path: '/:foo?'
         },
         {
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
         {
           children: [],
           name: 'bar',
-          file: 'pages/[bar]/index.vue',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/[bar]/index.vue`,
           path: '/:bar()'
         },
         {
@@ -378,11 +379,11 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
       description: 'should correctly merge nested routes',
       files: [
         { path: `${pagesDir}/param.vue` },
-        { path: `${pagesDir}/param/index.vue` },
+        { path: `${layerDir}/param/index.vue` },
         { path: `${pagesDir}/param/index/index.vue` },
-        { path: `${pagesDir}/param/index/sibling.vue` },
+        { path: `${layerDir}/param/index/sibling.vue` },
         { path: `${pagesDir}/wrapper-expose/other.vue` },
-        { path: `${pagesDir}/wrapper-expose/other/index.vue` },
+        { path: `${layerDir}/wrapper-expose/other/index.vue` },
         { path: `${pagesDir}/wrapper-expose/other/sibling.vue` },
         { path: `${pagesDir}/param/sibling.vue` }
       ],
@@ -393,46 +394,46 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
               children: [
                 {
                   children: [],
-                  file: 'pages/param/index/index.vue',
+                  file: `${pagesDir}/param/index/index.vue`,
                   name: 'param-index',
                   path: ''
                 },
                 {
                   children: [],
-                  file: 'pages/param/index/sibling.vue',
+                  file: `${layerDir}/param/index/sibling.vue`,
                   name: 'param-index-sibling',
                   path: 'sibling'
                 }
               ],
-              file: 'pages/param/index.vue',
+              file: `${layerDir}/param/index.vue`,
               path: ''
             },
             {
               children: [],
-              file: 'pages/param/sibling.vue',
+              file: `${pagesDir}/param/sibling.vue`,
               name: 'param-sibling',
               path: 'sibling'
             }
           ],
-          file: 'pages/param.vue',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/param.vue`,
           path: '/param'
         },
         {
           children: [
             {
               children: [],
-              file: 'pages/wrapper-expose/other/index.vue',
+              file: `${layerDir}/wrapper-expose/other/index.vue`,
               name: 'wrapper-expose-other',
               path: ''
             },
             {
               children: [],
-              file: 'pages/wrapper-expose/other/sibling.vue',
+              file: `${pagesDir}/wrapper-expose/other/sibling.vue`,
               name: 'wrapper-expose-other-sibling',
               path: 'sibling'
             }
           ],
-          file: 'pages/wrapper-expose/other.vue',
+          file: `${pagesDir}/wrapper-expose/other.vue`,
           path: '/wrapper-expose/other'
         }
       ]
@@ -447,7 +448,10 @@ describe('pages:generateRoutesFromFiles', () => {
 
       let result
       try {
-        result = await generateRoutesFromFiles(test.files.map(file => file.path), pagesDir, true, vfs)
+        result = await generateRoutesFromFiles(test.files.map(file => ({
+          absolutePath: file.path,
+          relativePath: file.path.replace(/^(pages|layer\/pages)\//, '')
+        })), true, vfs)
       } catch (error: any) {
         expect(error.message).toEqual(test.error)
       }
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index b048d1fe7f..8118262645 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@ describe('extends support', () => {
       const html = await $fetch('/override')
       expect(html).toContain('Extended layout from bar')
       expect(html).toContain('Extended page from bar')
+      expect(html).toContain('This child page should not be overridden by bar')
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/pages/override.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/pages/override.vue
index d104ece7bf..0892321fdb 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/pages/override.vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/pages/override.vue
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ definePageMeta({
     <div>Extended page from bar</div>
     <div>Middleware | override: {{ $route.meta.override }}</div>
     <ExtendsOverride />
+    <NuxtPage />
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/node_modules/foo/pages/override/index.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/node_modules/foo/pages/override/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..442e45b5f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/node_modules/foo/pages/override/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<template>
+  <div>
+    This child page should not be overridden by bar
+  </div>
+</template>