diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index bf13ba683a9b93..99aefea6de292a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -300,8 +300,7 @@ export async function createServer(
   inlineConfig: InlineConfig = {}
 ): Promise<ViteDevServer> {
   const config = await resolveConfig(inlineConfig, 'serve', 'development')
-  const root = config.root
-  const serverConfig = config.server
+  const { root, server: serverConfig } = config
   const httpsOptions = await resolveHttpsConfig(
     config.server.https,
     config.cacheDir