diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/client-delayed-component.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/client-delayed-component.ts
index 67f1071d3f..a5c1a918c8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/client-delayed-component.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/client-delayed-component.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ export const createLazyNetworkClientPage = (componentLoader: Component) => {
           idleHandle = null
         }
       })
-      return () => isIdle.value ? h(componentLoader, attrs) : (instance.vnode.el && nuxt.isHydrating) ? createVNode(createStaticVNode(getFragmentHTML(instance.vnode.el ?? null, true)?.join('') || '', 1)) : null
+      return () => h('div', {}, [ 
+        isIdle.value ? h(componentLoader, attrs) : (instance.vnode.el && nuxt.isHydrating) ? createVNode(createStaticVNode(getFragmentHTML(instance.vnode.el ?? null, true)?.join('') || '', 1)) : null
+      ])
     },
   })
 }