diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
index ee9225da2d..7b1e5821de 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
@@ -193,23 +193,30 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
         const shouldPrefetch = props.prefetch !== false && props.noPrefetch !== true && typeof to.value === 'string' && props.target !== '_blank' && !isSlowConnection()
         if (shouldPrefetch) {
           const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-          const observer = useObserver()
           let idleId: number
           let unobserve: Function | null = null
           onMounted(() => {
-            idleId = requestIdleCallback(() => {
-              if (el?.value?.tagName) {
-                unobserve = observer!.observe(el.value, async () => {
-                  unobserve?.()
-                  unobserve = null
-                  await Promise.all([
-                    nuxtApp.hooks.callHook('link:prefetch', to.value as string).catch(() => {}),
-                    !isExternal.value && preloadRouteComponents(to.value as string, router).catch(() => {})
-                  ])
-                  prefetched.value = true
-                })
-              }
-            })
+            const observer = useObserver()
+            function registerCallback () {
+              idleId = requestIdleCallback(() => {
+                if (el?.value?.tagName) {
+                  unobserve = observer!.observe(el.value, async () => {
+                    unobserve?.()
+                    unobserve = null
+                    await Promise.all([
+                      nuxtApp.hooks.callHook('link:prefetch', to.value as string).catch(() => {}),
+                      !isExternal.value && preloadRouteComponents(to.value as string, router).catch(() => {})
+                    ])
+                    prefetched.value = true
+                  })
+                }
+              })
+            }
+            if (nuxtApp.isHydrating) {
+              nuxtApp.hooks.hookOnce('app:suspense:resolve', registerCallback)
+            } else {
+              registerCallback()
+            }
           })
           onBeforeUnmount(() => {
             if (idleId) { cancelIdleCallback(idleId) }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index a6bd2aa22d..59e2b67883 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ export function createNuxtApp (options: CreateOptions) {
 
         if (hydratingCount === 0) {
           nuxtApp.isHydrating = false
+          // @ts-expect-error private flag
+          globalThis.__hydrated = true
           return nuxtApp.callHook('app:suspense:resolve')
         }
       }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/client.ts b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
index 1615db5ceb..0f498dccfc 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,38 @@
-import { join, resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { join, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import * as vite from 'vite'
 import vuePlugin from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 import viteJsxPlugin from '@vitejs/plugin-vue-jsx'
 import type { ServerOptions } from 'vite'
 import { logger } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { getPort } from 'get-port-please'
-import { joinURL, withoutLeadingSlash } from 'ufo'
+import { joinURL, withoutLeadingSlash, withoutTrailingSlash } from 'ufo'
 import defu from 'defu'
 import type { OutputOptions } from 'rollup'
 import { defineEventHandler } from 'h3'
+import { genString } from 'knitwork'
 import { cacheDirPlugin } from './plugins/cache-dir'
 import type { ViteBuildContext, ViteOptions } from './vite'
 import { devStyleSSRPlugin } from './plugins/dev-ssr-css'
 import { viteNodePlugin } from './vite-node'
 
 export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
+  const buildAssetsDir = withoutLeadingSlash(
+    withoutTrailingSlash(ctx.nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir)
+  )
+  const relativeToBuildAssetsDir = (filename: string) => './' + relative(buildAssetsDir, filename)
   const clientConfig: vite.InlineConfig = vite.mergeConfig(ctx.config, {
     entry: ctx.entry,
     base: ctx.nuxt.options.dev
       ? joinURL(ctx.nuxt.options.app.baseURL.replace(/^\.\//, '/') || '/', ctx.nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir)
       : './',
     experimental: {
-      renderBuiltUrl: (filename, { type, hostType }) => {
+      renderBuiltUrl: (filename, { type, hostType, hostId }) => {
+        // When rendering inline styles, we can skip loading CSS chunk that matches the current page
+        if (ctx.nuxt.options.experimental.inlineSSRStyles && hostType === 'js' && filename.endsWith('.css')) {
+          return {
+            runtime: `!globalThis.__hydrated ? ${genString(relativeToBuildAssetsDir(hostId))} : ${genString(relativeToBuildAssetsDir(filename))}`
+          }
+        }
         if (hostType !== 'js' || type === 'asset') {
           // In CSS we only use relative paths until we craft a clever runtime CSS hack
           return { relative: true }