diff --git a/packages/vite/src/client/client.ts b/packages/vite/src/client/client.ts
index 19cbec2aca6515..ef7b6be46dd9b7 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/client/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/client/client.ts
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ async function waitForSuccessfulPingInternal(
 }
 
 const sheetsMap = new Map<string, HTMLStyleElement>()
+const linkSheetsMap = new Map<string, HTMLLinkElement>()
 
 // collect existing style elements that may have been inserted during SSR
 // to avoid FOUC or duplicate styles
@@ -504,6 +505,13 @@ if ('document' in globalThis) {
     .forEach((el) => {
       sheetsMap.set(el.getAttribute('data-vite-dev-id')!, el)
     })
+  document
+    .querySelectorAll<HTMLLinkElement>(
+      'link[rel="stylesheet"][data-vite-dev-id]',
+    )
+    .forEach((el) => {
+      linkSheetsMap.set(el.getAttribute('data-vite-dev-id')!, el)
+    })
 }
 
 // all css imports should be inserted at the same position
@@ -511,6 +519,8 @@ if ('document' in globalThis) {
 let lastInsertedStyle: HTMLStyleElement | undefined
 
 export function updateStyle(id: string, content: string): void {
+  if (linkSheetsMap.has(id)) return
+
   let style = sheetsMap.get(id)
   if (!style) {
     style = document.createElement('style')
@@ -540,6 +550,19 @@ export function updateStyle(id: string, content: string): void {
 }
 
 export function removeStyle(id: string): void {
+  if (linkSheetsMap.has(id)) {
+    // re-select elements since HMR can replace links
+    document
+      .querySelectorAll<HTMLLinkElement>(
+        `link[rel="stylesheet"][data-vite-dev-id]`,
+      )
+      .forEach((el) => {
+        if (el.getAttribute('data-vite-dev-id') === id) {
+          el.remove()
+        }
+      })
+    linkSheetsMap.delete(id)
+  }
   const style = sheetsMap.get(id)
   if (style) {
     document.head.removeChild(style)
diff --git a/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts b/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
index 139355368e53b1..61e100193c3390 100644
--- a/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
@@ -1107,4 +1107,27 @@ if (!isBuild) {
       await loadPromise
     }, [/connected/, 'a.js'])
   })
+
+  test('deduplicate server rendered link stylesheet', async () => {
+    await page.goto(viteTestUrl + '/css-link/index.html')
+    await expect.poll(() => getColor('.test-css-link')).toBe('orange')
+
+    // remove color
+    editFile('css-link/styles.css', (code) =>
+      code.replace('color: orange;', '/* removed */'),
+    )
+    await expect.poll(() => getColor('.test-css-link')).toBe('black')
+
+    // add color
+    editFile('css-link/styles.css', (code) =>
+      code.replace('/* removed */', 'color: blue;'),
+    )
+    await expect.poll(() => getColor('.test-css-link')).toBe('blue')
+
+    // // remove css import from js
+    editFile('css-link/main.js', (code) =>
+      code.replace(`import './styles.css'`, ``),
+    )
+    await expect.poll(() => getColor('.test-css-link')).toBe('black')
+  })
 }
diff --git a/playground/hmr/css-link/index.html b/playground/hmr/css-link/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8c12ba7c744bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/hmr/css-link/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<div class="test-css-link">test-css-link</div>
+<script type="module" src="./main.js"></script>
diff --git a/playground/hmr/css-link/main.js b/playground/hmr/css-link/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..da10b7e956cc64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/hmr/css-link/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import './styles.css'
+
+if (import.meta.hot) {
+  import.meta.hot.accept()
+}
diff --git a/playground/hmr/css-link/plugin.ts b/playground/hmr/css-link/plugin.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dcfbf813119ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/hmr/css-link/plugin.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import path from 'node:path'
+import { type Plugin, normalizePath } from 'vite'
+
+// use plugin to simulate server rendered css link
+export function TestCssLinkPlugin(): Plugin {
+  return {
+    name: 'test-css-link',
+    transformIndexHtml: {
+      handler(_html, ctx) {
+        if (!ctx.filename.endsWith('/css-link/index.html')) return
+        return [
+          {
+            tag: 'link',
+            attrs: {
+              rel: 'stylesheet',
+              href: '/css-link/styles.css',
+              'data-vite-dev-id': normalizePath(
+                path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, 'styles.css'),
+              ),
+            },
+          },
+        ]
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
diff --git a/playground/hmr/css-link/styles.css b/playground/hmr/css-link/styles.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..af2b338eebe90e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/hmr/css-link/styles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.test-css-link {
+  color: orange;
+}
diff --git a/playground/hmr/vite.config.ts b/playground/hmr/vite.config.ts
index 9ee8024ee2bf44..f844d4eee8c4b8 100644
--- a/playground/hmr/vite.config.ts
+++ b/playground/hmr/vite.config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs/promises'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
+import { TestCssLinkPlugin } from './css-link/plugin'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   experimental: {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     virtualPlugin(),
     transformCountPlugin(),
     watchCssDepsPlugin(),
+    TestCssLinkPlugin(),
   ],
 })