diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
index 93989cae446a2f..62b3a9f14d7494 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/index.ts
@@ -1296,8 +1296,11 @@ export async function cleanupDepsCacheStaleDirs(
       for (const dirent of dirents) {
         if (dirent.isDirectory() && dirent.name.includes('_temp_')) {
           const tempDirPath = path.resolve(config.cacheDir, dirent.name)
-          const { mtime } = await fsp.stat(tempDirPath)
-          if (Date.now() - mtime.getTime() > MAX_TEMP_DIR_AGE_MS) {
+          const stats = await fsp.stat(tempDirPath).catch((_) => null)
+          if (
+            stats?.mtime &&
+            Date.now() - stats.mtime.getTime() > MAX_TEMP_DIR_AGE_MS
+          ) {
             await removeDir(tempDirPath)
           }
         }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 81d8921a23b663..4644c06f2d379d 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ async function restartServer(server: ViteDevServer) {
   const { port: prevPort, host: prevHost } = server.config.server
   const shortcutsOptions: BindShortcutsOptions = server._shortcutsOptions
   const oldUrls = server.resolvedUrls
-  await server.close()
 
   let inlineConfig = server.config.inlineConfig
   if (server._forceOptimizeOnRestart) {
@@ -834,9 +833,12 @@ async function restartServer(server: ViteDevServer) {
     server.config.logger.error(err.message, {
       timestamp: true,
     })
+    server.config.logger.error('server restart failed', { timestamp: true })
     return
   }
 
+  await server.close()
+
   // prevent new server `restart` function from calling
   newServer._restartPromise = server._restartPromise