diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
index 19a6d3b6a209..db77ed4823ee 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ if (process.client) {
     import.meta.webpackHot.accept()
   }
 
+  // eslint-disable-next-line
+  let vueAppPromise: Promise<any>
+
   entry = async function initApp () {
+    if (vueAppPromise) { return vueAppPromise }
     const isSSR = Boolean(
       window.__NUXT__?.serverRendered ||
       document.getElementById('__NUXT_DATA__')?.dataset.ssr === 'true'
@@ -79,9 +83,11 @@ if (process.client) {
       await nuxt.callHook('app:error', err)
       nuxt.payload.error = (nuxt.payload.error || err) as any
     }
+
+    return vueApp
   }
 
-  entry().catch((error: unknown) => {
+  vueAppPromise = entry().catch((error: unknown) => {
     console.error('Error while mounting app:', error)
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index 3319dfa19270..65db0e75204e 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows || process.env.TEST_BUILDER === 'webpack' || process.e
 
   it('default client bundle size', async () => {
     stats.client = await analyzeSizes('**/*.js', publicDir)
-    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.client.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"94.1k"')
+    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.client.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"94.2k"')
     expect(stats.client.files.map(f => f.replace(/\..*\.js/, '.js'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         "_nuxt/entry.js",