diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/router.ts b/packages/react-router/src/router.ts
index c81a2d3707..09eac0f673 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/router.ts
@@ -1938,21 +1938,12 @@ export class Router<
                     if (match.isFetching === 'beforeLoad') {
                       // If the user doesn't want the route to reload, just
                       // resolve with the existing loader data
+                      // Otherwise, load the route
 
                       // if (match.fetchCount && match.status === 'success') {
                       //   resolve()
                       // }
 
-                      // Otherwise, load the route
-                      matches[index] = match = updateMatch(
-                        match.id,
-                        (prev) => ({
-                          ...prev,
-                          isFetching: 'loader',
-                          fetchCount: match.fetchCount + 1,
-                        }),
-                      )
-
                       lazyPromise =
                         route.lazyFn?.().then((lazyRoute) => {
                           Object.assign(route.options, lazyRoute.options)
@@ -1978,6 +1969,15 @@ export class Router<
                       // we can use the options
                       await lazyPromise
 
+                      matches[index] = match = updateMatch(
+                        match.id,
+                        (prev) => ({
+                          ...prev,
+                          isFetching: 'loader',
+                          fetchCount: match.fetchCount + 1,
+                        }),
+                      )
+
                       checkLatest()
 
                       // Kick off the loader!
diff --git a/packages/react-router/tests/components/mockHeavyDependenciesRoute.tsx b/packages/react-router/tests/components/mockHeavyDependenciesRoute.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28e30f9b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/tests/components/mockHeavyDependenciesRoute.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// This mimicks the waiting of heavy dependencies, which need to be streamed in before the component is available.
+await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5000))
+
+export default function HeavyComponent() {
+  return <h1>I am sooo heavy</h1>
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-router/tests/createLazyRoute.test.tsx b/packages/react-router/tests/createLazyRoute.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da5bedf116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/tests/createLazyRoute.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  RouterHistory,
+  createMemoryHistory,
+  createRootRoute,
+  createRoute,
+  createRouter,
+} from '../src'
+import { cleanup } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act } from 'react'
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  vi.resetAllMocks()
+  cleanup()
+})
+
+function createTestRouter(initialHistory?: RouterHistory) {
+  const history =
+    initialHistory ?? createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: ['/'] })
+
+  const rootRoute = createRootRoute({})
+  const indexRoute = createRoute({ getParentRoute: () => rootRoute, path: '/' })
+
+  const heavyRoute = createRoute({
+    getParentRoute: () => rootRoute,
+    path: '/heavy',
+  }).lazy(() => import('./lazy-routes/heavy').then((d) => d.default('/heavy')))
+
+  const routeTree = rootRoute.addChildren([indexRoute, heavyRoute])
+
+  const router = createRouter({ routeTree, history })
+
+  return {
+    router,
+    routes: { indexRoute, heavyRoute },
+  }
+}
+
+describe('preload: matched routes', { timeout: 20000 }, () => {
+  it('should wait for lazy options to be streamed in before ', async () => {
+    const { router } = createTestRouter(
+      createMemoryHistory({ initialEntries: ['/'] }),
+    )
+
+    await router.load()
+
+    // Preload the route and navigate to it
+    router.preloadRoute({ to: '/heavy' })
+    await router.navigate({ to: '/heavy' })
+
+    await router.invalidate()
+
+    expect(router.state.location.pathname).toBe('/heavy')
+
+    const lazyRoute = router.routesByPath['/heavy']
+
+    expect(lazyRoute.options.component).toBeDefined()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/react-router/tests/lazy-routes/heavy.tsx b/packages/react-router/tests/lazy-routes/heavy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fbb170742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-router/tests/lazy-routes/heavy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { createLazyRoute } from '../../src'
+import HeavyComponent from '../components/mockHeavyDependenciesRoute'
+
+export default function Route(id: string) {
+  return createLazyRoute(id)({
+    component: HeavyComponent,
+  })
+}