diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
index 22523aaa1d..4424ae4a4d 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (process.server) {
       await applyPlugins(nuxt, plugins)
       await nuxt.hooks.callHook('app:created', vueApp)
     } catch (err) {
-      await nuxt.callHook('app:error', err)
+      await nuxt.hooks.callHook('app:error', err)
       nuxt.payload.error = (nuxt.payload.error || err) as any
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index 78b2b59d6d..5414fea108 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { getCurrentInstance, reactive } from 'vue'
 import type { App, onErrorCaptured, VNode, Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded } from 'vue-router'
-import type { Hookable } from 'hookable'
+import type { Hookable, HookCallback } from 'hookable'
 import { createHooks } from 'hookable'
 import { getContext } from 'unctx'
 import type { SSRContext } from 'vue-bundle-renderer/runtime'
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ export function createNuxtApp (options: CreateOptions) {
 
   nuxtApp.hooks = createHooks<RuntimeNuxtHooks>()
   nuxtApp.hook = nuxtApp.hooks.hook
+
+  if (process.server) {
+    async function contextCaller (hooks: HookCallback[], args: any[]) {
+      for (const hook of hooks) {
+        await nuxtAppCtx.call(nuxtApp, () => hook(...args))
+      }
+    }
+    // Patch callHook to preserve NuxtApp context on server
+    // TODO: Refactor after https://github.com/unjs/hookable/issues/74
+    nuxtApp.hooks.callHook = (name: any, ...args: any[]) => nuxtApp.hooks.callHookWith(contextCaller, name, ...args)
+  }
+
   nuxtApp.callHook = nuxtApp.hooks.callHook
 
   nuxtApp.provide = (name: string, value: any) => {
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index 071dfa61ef..61183c6e1c 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows)('minimal nuxt application', () => {
 
   it('default server bundle size', async () => {
     stats.server = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect(stats.server.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(93600)
+    expect(stats.server.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(93800)
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect(modules.totalBytes).toBeLessThan(2693900)