diff --git a/packages/vite/src/module-runner/runner.ts b/packages/vite/src/module-runner/runner.ts
index 66332593f..5f103753f 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/module-runner/runner.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/module-runner/runner.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 import { hmrLogger, silentConsole } from './hmrLogger'
 import { createHMRHandler } from './hmrHandler'
 import { enableSourceMapSupport } from './sourcemap/index'
+import { ESModulesEvaluator } from './esmEvaluator'
 
 interface ModuleRunnerDebugger {
   (formatter: unknown, ...args: unknown[]): void
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export class ModuleRunner {
 
   constructor(
     public options: ModuleRunnerOptions,
-    public evaluator: ModuleEvaluator,
+    public evaluator: ModuleEvaluator = new ESModulesEvaluator(),
     private debug?: ModuleRunnerDebugger,
   ) {
     const root = this.options.root
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/ssr/runtime/serverModuleRunner.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/ssr/runtime/serverModuleRunner.ts
index 47f012557..59d7bc205 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/ssr/runtime/serverModuleRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/ssr/runtime/serverModuleRunner.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { ESModulesEvaluator, ModuleRunner } from 'vite/module-runner'
+import { ModuleRunner } from 'vite/module-runner'
 import type {
   ModuleEvaluator,
   ModuleRunnerHmr,
@@ -133,6 +133,6 @@ export function createServerModuleRunner(
       hmr,
       sourcemapInterceptor: resolveSourceMapOptions(options),
     },
-    options.evaluator || new ESModulesEvaluator(),
+    options.evaluator,
   )
 }