diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
index 4c57f9b564..204c7779b3 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/await.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { block, branch, pause_effect, resume_effect } from '../../reactivity/effects.js';
 import { DEV } from 'esm-env';
 import { queue_micro_task } from '../task.js';
-import { hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
+import { hydrate_node, hydrating } from '../hydration.js';
 import { mutable_source, set, source } from '../../reactivity/sources.js';
 
 const PENDING = 0;
@@ -146,4 +146,8 @@ export function await_block(anchor, get_input, pending_fn, then_fn, catch_fn) {
 		// teardown function is an easy way to ensure that this is not discarded
 		return noop;
 	});
+
+	if (hydrating) {
+		anchor = hydrate_node.nextSibling;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
index 9d93938bb9..65379cc833 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/template.js
@@ -228,10 +228,11 @@ export function text(anchor) {
 
 	var node = hydrate_node;
 
-	if (!node) {
+	if (node.nodeType !== 3) {
 		// if an {expression} is empty during SSR, `hydrate_nodes` will be empty.
 		// we need to insert an empty text node
-		anchor.before((node = empty()));
+		node.before((node = empty()));
+		set_hydrate_node(node);
 	}
 
 	assign_nodes(node, node);