diff --git a/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts b/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
index ac98838a82..7543460a32 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 import { logger } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { join, normalize, relative } from 'pathe'
+import { withoutBase } from 'ufo'
+import { isCSSRequest } from 'vite'
 import type { ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 
+// https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/warmup.ts#L62-L70
+function fileToUrl (file: string, root: string) {
+  const url = relative(root, file)
+  // out of root, use /@fs/ prefix
+  if (url[0] === '.') {
+    return join('/@fs/', normalize(file))
+  }
+  // file within root, create root-relative url
+  return '/' + normalize(url)
+}
+
+function normaliseURL (url: string, base: string) {
+  // remove any base url
+  url = withoutBase(url, base)
+  // unwrap record
+  if (url.startsWith('/@id/')) {
+    url = url.slice('/@id/'.length).replace('__x00__', '\0')
+  }
+  // strip query
+  url = url.replace(/(\?|&)import=?(?:&|$)/, '').replace(/[?&]$/, '')
+  return url
+}
+
+// TODO: use built-in warmup logic when we update to vite 5
 export async function warmupViteServer (
   server: ViteDevServer,
   entries: string[],
@@ -9,7 +36,12 @@ export async function warmupViteServer (
   const warmedUrls = new Set<String>()
 
   const warmup = async (url: string) => {
-    if (warmedUrls.has(url)) {
+    url = normaliseURL(url, server.config.base)
+
+    if (warmedUrls.has(url)) { return }
+    const m = await server.moduleGraph.getModuleByUrl(url, isServer)
+    // a module that is already compiled (and can't be warmed up anyway)
+    if (m?.transformResult?.code || m?.ssrTransformResult?.code) {
       return
     }
     warmedUrls.add(url)
@@ -18,10 +50,14 @@ export async function warmupViteServer (
     } catch (e) {
       logger.debug('Warmup for %s failed with: %s', url, e)
     }
+
+    // Don't warmup CSS file dependencies as they have already all been loaded to produce result
+    if (isCSSRequest(url)) { return }
+
     const mod = await server.moduleGraph.getModuleByUrl(url, isServer)
     const deps = mod?.ssrTransformResult?.deps /* server */ || Array.from(mod?.importedModules /* client */ || []).map(m => m.url)
-    await Promise.all(deps.map(m => warmup(m.replace('/@id/__x00__', '\0'))))
+    await Promise.all(deps.map(m => warmup(m)))
   }
 
-  await Promise.all(entries.map(entry => warmup(entry)))
+  await Promise.all(entries.map(entry => warmup(fileToUrl(entry, server.config.root))))
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
index 962c36f9c7..62d850872a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
@@ -192,13 +192,9 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
       }
     })
 
-    if (
-      nuxt.options.vite.warmupEntry !== false &&
-      // https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/issues/14898
-      !(env.isServer && ctx.nuxt.options.vite.devBundler !== 'legacy')
-    ) {
+    if (nuxt.options.vite.warmupEntry !== false) {
       const start = Date.now()
-      warmupViteServer(server, [join('/@fs/', ctx.entry)], env.isServer)
+      warmupViteServer(server, [ctx.entry], env.isServer)
         .then(() => logger.info(`Vite ${env.isClient ? 'client' : 'server'} warmed up in ${Date.now() - start}ms`))
         .catch(logger.error)
     }