diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/loadFallback.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/loadFallback.ts
index c60c2e6f816bf4..ba949dcf64cb15 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/loadFallback.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/loadFallback.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export function loadFallbackPlugin(): Plugin {
     name: 'vite:load-fallback',
     async load(id) {
       try {
-        return fs.readFile(cleanUrl(id), 'utf-8')
+        return await fs.readFile(cleanUrl(id), 'utf-8')
       } catch (e) {
         return fs.readFile(id, 'utf-8')
       }