diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/cookie.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/cookie.ts
index 3570cedbca..1a6602cce1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/cookie.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/composables/cookie.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export function useCookie <T=string> (name: string, _opts?: CookieOptions<T>): C
   const opts = { ...CookieDefaults, ..._opts }
   const cookies = readRawCookies(opts)
 
-  const cookie = ref(cookies[name] ?? _opts.default?.())
+  const cookie = ref(cookies[name] ?? opts.default?.())
 
   if (process.client) {
     watch(cookie, () => { writeClientCookie(name, cookie.value, opts as CookieSerializeOptions) })