diff --git a/.changeset/dry-toes-sneeze.md b/.changeset/dry-toes-sneeze.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e93a21191f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dry-toes-sneeze.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-router": patch
+---
+
+Throw unwrapped single fetch redirect to align with pre-single fetch behavior
diff --git a/packages/react-router/lib/dom/ssr/single-fetch.tsx b/packages/react-router/lib/dom/ssr/single-fetch.tsx
index 7829b400ca..301d29428b 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/lib/dom/ssr/single-fetch.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/lib/dom/ssr/single-fetch.tsx
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ function unwrapSingleFetchResult(result: SingleFetchResult, routeId: string) {
     if (result.replace) {
       headers["X-Remix-Replace"] = "yes";
     }
-    return redirect(result.redirect, { status: result.status, headers });
+    throw redirect(result.redirect, { status: result.status, headers });
   } else if ("data" in result) {
     return result.data;
   } else {