diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index 84508d2ae2..504c8decb5 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getCurrentInstance, hasInjectionContext, inject, onScopeDispose } from
 import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { NavigationFailure, NavigationGuard, RouteLocationNormalized, RouteLocationRaw, Router, useRoute as _useRoute, useRouter as _useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { sanitizeStatusCode } from 'h3'
-import { hasProtocol, isScriptProtocol, joinURL, withQuery } from 'ufo'
+import { hasProtocol, isScriptProtocol, joinURL, parseQuery, parseURL, withQuery } from 'ufo'
 
 import type { PageMeta } from '../../pages/runtime/composables'
 
@@ -151,7 +151,16 @@ export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: Na
   // Early redirect on client-side
   if (import.meta.client && !isExternal && inMiddleware) {
     if (options?.replace) {
-      return typeof to === 'string' ? { path: to, replace: true } : { ...to, replace: true }
+      if (typeof to === 'string') {
+        const { pathname, search, hash } = parseURL(to)
+        return {
+          path: pathname,
+          ...(search && { query: parseQuery(search) }),
+          ...(hash && { hash }),
+          replace: true,
+        }
+      }
+      return { ...to, replace: true }
     }
     return to
   }