diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
index 6cc6f1a5ef5a20..22ad24c74555ec 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/css.ts
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ export function cssPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
         const thisModule = moduleGraph.getModuleById(id)
         if (thisModule) {
           // CSS modules cannot self-accept since it exports values
-          const isSelfAccepting = !modules
+          const isSelfAccepting = !modules && !inlineRE.test(id)
           if (deps) {
             // record deps in the module graph so edits to @import css can trigger
             // main import to hot update