diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
index ac6d24419895..50728a8c3271 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/EndpointHtmlRenderer.Streaming.cs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ private void WriteComponentHtml(int componentId, TextWriter output, bool allowBo
         }
     }
 
-    private static bool IsProgressivelyEnhancedNavigation(HttpRequest request)
+    internal static bool IsProgressivelyEnhancedNavigation(HttpRequest request)
     {
         // For enhanced nav, the Blazor JS code controls the "accept" header precisely, so we can be very specific about the format
         var accept = request.Headers.Accept;
diff --git a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
index e9930ea24991..1febaa8f4af5 100644
--- a/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Endpoints/src/Rendering/SSRRenderModeBoundary.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ public Task SetParametersAsync(ParameterView parameters)
 
     private void PreloadWebAssemblyAssets()
     {
+        if (EndpointHtmlRenderer.IsProgressivelyEnhancedNavigation(_httpContext.Request))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         var preloads = _httpContext.GetEndpoint()?.Metadata.GetMetadata<ResourcePreloadCollection>();
         if (preloads != null && preloads.TryGetAssets("webassembly", out var preloadAssets))
         {
diff --git a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Rendering/DomMerging/DomSync.ts b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Rendering/DomMerging/DomSync.ts
index 2707f3755a63..b86ff3bd8d03 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Rendering/DomMerging/DomSync.ts
+++ b/src/Components/Web.JS/src/Rendering/DomMerging/DomSync.ts
@@ -308,11 +308,6 @@ function domNodeComparer(a: Node, b: Node): UpdateCost {
         return UpdateCost.Infinite;
       }
 
-      // Always treat "preloads" as new elements.
-      if (isPreloadElement(a as Element) || isPreloadElement(b as Element)) {
-        return UpdateCost.Infinite;
-      }
-
       return UpdateCost.None;
     case Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE:
       // It's invalid to insert or delete doctype, and we have no use case for doing that. So just skip such
@@ -324,10 +319,6 @@ function domNodeComparer(a: Node, b: Node): UpdateCost {
   }
 }
 
-function isPreloadElement(el: Element): boolean {
-  return el.tagName === 'LINK' && el.attributes.getNamedItem('rel')?.value === 'preload';
-}
-
 function upgradeComponentCommentsToLogicalRootComments(root: Node): ComponentDescriptor[] {
   const serverDescriptors = discoverComponents(root, 'server') as ServerComponentDescriptor[];
   const webAssemblyDescriptors = discoverComponents(root, 'webassembly') as WebAssemblyComponentDescriptor[];