diff --git a/lib/app/client.js b/lib/app/client.js
index 3a98e4de58..004788d4eb 100644
--- a/lib/app/client.js
+++ b/lib/app/client.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ function nuxtReady (app) {
 // Special hot reload with asyncData(context)
 function getNuxtChildComponents($parent, $components = []) {
   $parent.$children.forEach(($child) => {
-    if ($child.$vnode.data.nuxtChild && !$components.find(c =>(component.$options.__file === $child.$options.__file))) {
+    if ($child.$vnode.data.nuxtChild && !$components.find(c =>(c.$options.__file === $child.$options.__file))) {
       $components.push($child)
     }
     if ($child.$children && $child.$children.length) {