diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index 77f3a1378b..0ec0d5d4be 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event): Promise<Partial<RenderResponse
   let url = ssrError?.url as string || islandContext?.url || event.node.req.url!
 
   // Whether we are rendering payload route
-  const isRenderingPayload = PAYLOAD_URL_RE.test(url)
+  const isRenderingPayload = PAYLOAD_URL_RE.test(url) && !islandContext
   if (isRenderingPayload) {
     url = url.substring(0, url.lastIndexOf('/')) || '/'
     event.node.req.url = url
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event): Promise<Partial<RenderResponse
   }
 
   // Whether we are prerendering route
-  const _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION = process.env.prerender && process.env.NUXT_PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION && !ssrContext.noSSR
+  const _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION = process.env.prerender && process.env.NUXT_PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION && !ssrContext.noSSR && !islandContext
   const payloadURL = _PAYLOAD_EXTRACTION ? joinURL(useRuntimeConfig().app.baseURL, url, process.env.NUXT_JSON_PAYLOADS ? '_payload.json' : '_payload.js') : undefined
   if (process.env.prerender) {
     ssrContext.payload.prerenderedAt = Date.now()