diff --git a/.changeset/calm-fireants-hug.md b/.changeset/calm-fireants-hug.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4ade6d2f778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/calm-fireants-hug.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: only preload links that have a different URL than the current page
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index cd5288dbb0d4..715ef84cff9e 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -1543,7 +1543,10 @@ function setup_preload() {
 
 		const options = get_router_options(a);
 
-		if (!options.reload) {
+		// we don't want to preload data for a page we're already on
+		const same_url = url && current.url.pathname + current.url.search === url.pathname + url.search;
+
+		if (!options.reload && !same_url) {
 			if (priority <= options.preload_data) {
 				const intent = get_navigation_intent(url, false);
 				if (intent) {
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/routing/hashes/a/+page.svelte b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/routing/hashes/a/+page.svelte
index 7ac5f9c2a32b..7715b3d2458d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/routing/hashes/a/+page.svelte
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/routing/hashes/a/+page.svelte
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 <a href="#hash-target">hash link</a>
 <a href="/routing/hashes/b">b</a>
 <a href="#replace-state" data-sveltekit-replacestate>replace state</a>
+
+<a data-sveltekit-preload-data href="/routing/hashes/a">/routing/hashes/a</a>
+<a data-sveltekit-preload-data href="#preload">#preload</a>
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/cross-platform/client.test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/cross-platform/client.test.js
index b8f485fc228d..7f57086b4048 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/cross-platform/client.test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/cross-platform/client.test.js
@@ -615,6 +615,19 @@ test.describe('Prefetching', () => {
 		await expect(page.locator('h1')).not.toHaveText('Oopsie');
 	});
 
+	test('same route hash links work more than once', async ({ page, clicknav, baseURL }) => {
+		await page.goto('/routing/hashes/a');
+
+		await clicknav('[href="#preload"]');
+		await expect(page.url()).toBe(`${baseURL}/routing/hashes/a#preload`);
+
+		await clicknav('[href="/routing/hashes/a"]');
+		await expect(page.url()).toBe(`${baseURL}/routing/hashes/a`);
+
+		await clicknav('[href="#preload"]');
+		await expect(page.url()).toBe(`${baseURL}/routing/hashes/a#preload`);
+	});
+
 	test('does not rerun load on calls to duplicate preload hash route', async ({ app, page }) => {
 		await page.goto('/routing/a');