diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/legacy/legacy-client.js b/packages/svelte/src/legacy/legacy-client.js
index 79916bd3c1..d4a053d1aa 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/legacy/legacy-client.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/legacy/legacy-client.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import * as w from '../internal/client/warnings.js';
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import { FILENAME } from '../constants.js';
 import { component_context, dev_current_component_function } from '../internal/client/context.js';
+import { async_mode_flag } from '../internal/flags/index.js';
 
 /**
  * Takes the same options as a Svelte 4 component and the component function and returns a Svelte 4 compatible component.
@@ -120,8 +121,9 @@ class Svelte4Component {
 			recover: options.recover
 		});
 
-		// We don't flushSync for custom element wrappers or if the user doesn't want it
-		if (!options?.props?.$$host || options.sync === false) {
+		// We don't flushSync for custom element wrappers or if the user doesn't want it,
+		// or if we're in async mode since `flushSync()` will fail
+		if (!async_mode_flag && (!options?.props?.$$host || options.sync === false)) {
 			flushSync();
 		}