diff --git a/.changeset/fast-dodos-yell.md b/.changeset/fast-dodos-yell.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84bc48a4049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fast-dodos-yell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+"@remix-run/dev": patch
+---
+
+Vite: fix "could not fast refresh" false alarm
+
+HMR is already functioning correctly but was incorrectly logging that it "could not fast refresh" on internal client routes.
+Now internal client routes correctly register Remix exports like `meta` for fast refresh,
+which removes the false alarm.
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/remix-dev/vite/plugin.ts
index 6da6b0f1023..372dd18f651 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -1468,7 +1468,8 @@ function addRefreshWrapper(
   code: string,
   id: string
 ): string {
-  let isRoute = getRoute(pluginConfig, id);
+  let isRoute =
+    id.endsWith(CLIENT_ROUTE_QUERY_STRING) || getRoute(pluginConfig, id);
   let acceptExports = isRoute
     ? [
         "clientAction",