diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
index dbe8d23744..5995e333a8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import type { Component, RendererNode } from 'vue'
 import { isString, isPromise, isArray, isObject } from '@vue/shared'
 import destr from 'destr'
 import type { RouteLocationNormalized } from '#vue-router'
+// @ts-expect-error virtual file
+import { START_LOCATION } from '#build/pages'
 
 /**
  * Internal utility
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ function generateRouteKey (route: RouteLocationNormalized) {
  * return true if the route has been changed with a page change during navigation
  */
 export function isChangingPage (to: RouteLocationNormalized, from: RouteLocationNormalized) {
-  if (to === from) { return false }
+  if (to === from || from === START_LOCATION) { return false }
 
   // If route keys are different then it will result in a rerender
   if (generateRouteKey(to) !== generateRouteKey(from)) { return true }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index 956cf88c99..a6e43696a2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       addPlugin(resolve(distDir, 'app/plugins/router'))
       addTemplate({
         filename: 'pages.mjs',
-        getContents: () => 'export { useRoute } from \'#app\''
+        getContents: () => [
+          'export { useRoute } from \'#app/composables/router\'',
+          'export const START_LOCATION = Symbol(\'router:start-location\')'
+        ].join('\n')
       })
       addComponent({
         name: 'NuxtPage',
@@ -371,7 +374,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
     // Add vue-router import for `<NuxtLayout>` integration
     addTemplate({
       filename: 'pages.mjs',
-      getContents: () => 'export { useRoute } from \'vue-router\''
+      getContents: () => 'export { START_LOCATION, useRoute } from \'vue-router\''
     })
 
     // Optimize vue-router to ensure we share the same injection symbol