diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/once.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/once.ts
index c8c664826d..177ab4c9d5 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/once.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/once.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export async function callOnce (...args: any): Promise<void> {
     return
   }
   nuxtApp._once = nuxtApp._once || {}
-  nuxtApp._once[_key] = nuxtApp._once[_key] || fn()
+  nuxtApp._once[_key] = nuxtApp._once[_key] || fn() || true
   await nuxtApp._once[_key]
   nuxtApp.payload.once.add(_key)
   delete nuxtApp._once[_key]
diff --git a/test/nuxt/composables.test.ts b/test/nuxt/composables.test.ts
index f9229a01d2..ee96662c91 100644
--- a/test/nuxt/composables.test.ts
+++ b/test/nuxt/composables.test.ts
@@ -595,6 +595,11 @@ describe('callOnce', () => {
     const execute = () => callOnce(fn)
     await Promise.all([execute(), execute(), execute()])
     expect(fn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    
+    const fnSync = vi.fn().mockImplementation(() => { })
+    const executeSync = () => callOnce(fnSync)
+    await Promise.all([executeSync(), executeSync(), executeSync()])
+    expect(fnSync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
   })
 
   it('should use key to dedupe', async () => {