diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index 6cfe749c9e..a16dbf7f04 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: Na
   }
 
   // Early redirect on client-side
-  if (!isExternal && isProcessingMiddleware()) {
+  if (process.client && !isExternal && isProcessingMiddleware()) {
     return to
   }
 
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 3d86a69d9e..554d2bb8a1 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ describe('middlewares', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('auth: ')
     expect(html).not.toContain('Injected by injectAuth middleware')
   })
+
+  it('should redirect to index with http 307 with navigateTo on server side', async () => {
+    const html = await fetch('/navigate-to-redirect', { redirect: 'manual' })
+    expect(html.headers.get('location')).toEqual('/')
+    expect(html.status).toEqual(307)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('plugins', () => {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/navigate-to-redirect.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/navigate-to-redirect.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0c7bea050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/navigate-to-redirect.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<template>
+  <div>You should not see me</div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup>
+definePageMeta({
+  middleware: () => {
+    return navigateTo({ path: '/' }, { redirectCode: 307 })
+  }
+})
+</script>