diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
index ddcdb7a163..1ba46af4a1 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/runtime.js
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ export function get(signal) {
 
 	// Keep batch-local reads and stale-reader tracking out of the common read path.
 	// Function extraction makes it a bit easier for engines to optimize the get function.
-	if (held_sources !== null || stale_sources !== null || batch_values !== null) {
+	if (batch_values !== null) {
 		return get_batch_value(signal, first_time);
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75f5d51983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+const buttons = `
+	<button>count</button>
+	<button>eager</button>
+	<button>plain</button>
+	<button>shift</button>
+`;
+
+// Reading a value via `$state.eager` sees the latest value and does not connect the batch
+// to the (pending) batch that wrote it, unlike a regular read, which has to wait for it
+export default test({
+	async test({ assert, target }) {
+		await tick();
+		const [count, eager, plain, shift] = target.querySelectorAll('button');
+
+		count.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>0</p>`);
+
+		eager.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>0</p><span>1</span>`);
+
+		plain.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>0</p><span>1</span>`);
+
+		shift.click();
+		await tick();
+		assert.htmlEqual(target.innerHTML, `${buttons}<p>1</p><span>1</span><b>1</b>`);
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c153314e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-runes/samples/async-state-eager-not-connected/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<script>
+	let count = $state(0);
+	let eager = $state(false);
+	let plain = $state(false);
+
+	const deferred = [];
+
+	function delay(value) {
+		if (!value) return value;
+		return new Promise((resolve) => deferred.push(() => resolve(value)));
+	}
+</script>
+
+<button onclick={() => count++}>count</button>
+<button onclick={() => (eager = true)}>eager</button>
+<button onclick={() => (plain = true)}>plain</button>
+<button onclick={() => deferred.shift()?.()}>shift</button>
+
+<p>{await delay(count)}</p>
+
+{#if eager}
+	<span>{$state.eager(count)}</span>
+{/if}
+
+{#if plain}
+	<b>{count}</b>
+{/if}