diff --git a/docs/framework/react/guides/suspense.md b/docs/framework/react/guides/suspense.md
index 368a331ac1c..78c3de8a461 100644
--- a/docs/framework/react/guides/suspense.md
+++ b/docs/framework/react/guides/suspense.md
@@ -122,8 +122,40 @@ import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { ReactQueryStreamedHydration } from '@tanstack/react-query-next-experimental'
 
+function makeQueryClient() {
+  return new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: {
+      queries: {
+        // With SSR, we usually want to set some default staleTime
+        // above 0 to avoid refetching immediately on the client
+        staleTime: 60 * 1000,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+let browserQueryClient: QueryClient | undefined = undefined
+
+function getQueryClient() {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    // Server: always make a new query client
+    return makeQueryClient()
+  } else {
+    // Browser: make a new query client if we don't already have one
+    // This is very important so we don't re-make a new client if React
+    // supsends during the initial render. This may not be needed if we
+    // have a suspense boundary BELOW the creation of the query client
+    if (!browserQueryClient) browserQueryClient = makeQueryClient()
+    return browserQueryClient
+  }
+}
+
 export function Providers(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-  const [queryClient] = React.useState(() => new QueryClient())
+  // NOTE: Avoid useState when initializing the query client if you don't
+  //       have a suspense boundary between this and the code that may
+  //       suspend because React will throw away the client on the initial
+  //       render if it suspends and there is no boundary
+  const queryClient = getQueryClient()
 
   return (
     <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
diff --git a/examples/react/nextjs-suspense-streaming/src/app/providers.tsx b/examples/react/nextjs-suspense-streaming/src/app/providers.tsx
index 840ccde40dd..fb0f5a24e97 100644
--- a/examples/react/nextjs-suspense-streaming/src/app/providers.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/nextjs-suspense-streaming/src/app/providers.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// app/providers.jsx
 'use client'
 
 import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
@@ -6,17 +5,29 @@ import { ReactQueryDevtools } from '@tanstack/react-query-devtools'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { ReactQueryStreamedHydration } from '@tanstack/react-query-next-experimental'
 
+function makeQueryClient() {
+  return new QueryClient({
+    defaultOptions: {
+      queries: {
+        staleTime: 60 * 1000,
+      },
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+let browserQueryClient: QueryClient | undefined = undefined
+
+function getQueryClient() {
+  if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+    return makeQueryClient()
+  } else {
+    if (!browserQueryClient) browserQueryClient = makeQueryClient()
+    return browserQueryClient
+  }
+}
+
 export function Providers(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-  const [queryClient] = React.useState(
-    () =>
-      new QueryClient({
-        defaultOptions: {
-          queries: {
-            staleTime: 5 * 1000,
-          },
-        },
-      }),
-  )
+  const queryClient = getQueryClient()
 
   return (
     <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>