diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index f4982074fd..7ea3a73fd2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event) => {
     head: normalizeChunks([
       renderedMeta.headTags,
       process.env.NUXT_JSON_PAYLOADS
-        ? _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? `<link rel="modulepreload" href="${payloadURL}">` : null
-        : _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? `<link rel="preload" as="fetch" crossorigin="anonymous" href="${payloadURL}">` : null,
+        ? _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? `<link rel="preload" as="fetch" crossorigin="anonymous" href="${payloadURL}">` : null
+        : _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? `<link rel="modulepreload" href="${payloadURL}">` : null,
       NO_SCRIPTS ? null : _rendered.renderResourceHints(),
       _rendered.renderStyles(),
       inlinedStyles,