diff --git a/.changeset/silver-elephants-attack.md b/.changeset/silver-elephants-attack.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53051f803c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-elephants-attack.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+Prevent unhandled rejections when loading page modules
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
index 9a4870b8b524..e93adf671da3 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/client.js
@@ -612,8 +612,10 @@ export function create_client({ target, session, base, trailing_slash }) {
 		/** @type {Error | null} */
 		let error = null;
 
-		// preload modules
-		a.forEach((loader) => loader());
+		// preload modules to avoid waterfall, but handle rejections
+		// so they don't get reported to Sentry et al (we don't need
+		// to act on the failures at this point)
+		a.forEach((loader) => loader().catch(() => {}));
 
 		load: for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i += 1) {
 			/** @type {import('./types').BranchNode | undefined} */