diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-ravens-film.md b/.changeset/pretty-ravens-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06e0d38465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-ravens-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@remix-run/router": patch
+---
+
+fix: properly handle ?index on fetcher get submissions (#9312)
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/data-browser-router-test.tsx b/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/data-browser-router-test.tsx
index 55ba4e6ad5..fb2fcc6457 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/data-browser-router-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/data-browser-router-test.tsx
@@ -2270,6 +2270,93 @@ function testDomRouter(
         `);
       });
 
+      it("handles fetcher ?index params", async () => {
+        let { container } = render(
+          <TestDataRouter
+            window={getWindow("/parent")}
+            hydrationData={{ loaderData: { parent: null, index: null } }}
+          >
+            <Route
+              path="/parent"
+              element={<Outlet />}
+              action={() => "PARENT ACTION"}
+              loader={() => "PARENT LOADER"}
+            >
+              <Route
+                index
+                element={<Index />}
+                action={() => "INDEX ACTION"}
+                loader={() => "INDEX LOADER"}
+              />
+            </Route>
+          </TestDataRouter>
+        );
+
+        function Index() {
+          let fetcher = useFetcher();
+
+          return (
+            <>
+              <p id="output">{fetcher.data}</p>
+              <button onClick={() => fetcher.load("/parent")}>
+                Load parent
+              </button>
+              <button onClick={() => fetcher.load("/parent?index")}>
+                Load index
+              </button>
+              <button onClick={() => fetcher.submit({})}>Submit empty</button>
+              <button
+                onClick={() =>
+                  fetcher.submit({}, { method: "get", action: "/parent" })
+                }
+              >
+                Submit parent get
+              </button>
+              <button
+                onClick={() =>
+                  fetcher.submit({}, { method: "get", action: "/parent?index" })
+                }
+              >
+                Submit index get
+              </button>
+              <button
+                onClick={() =>
+                  fetcher.submit({}, { method: "post", action: "/parent" })
+                }
+              >
+                Submit parent post
+              </button>
+              <button
+                onClick={() =>
+                  fetcher.submit(
+                    {},
+                    { method: "post", action: "/parent?index" }
+                  )
+                }
+              >
+                Submit index post
+              </button>
+            </>
+          );
+        }
+
+        async function clickAndAssert(btnText: string, expectedOutput: string) {
+          fireEvent.click(screen.getByText(btnText));
+          await waitFor(() => screen.getByText(new RegExp(expectedOutput)));
+          expect(getHtml(container.querySelector("#output"))).toContain(
+            expectedOutput
+          );
+        }
+
+        await clickAndAssert("Load parent", "PARENT LOADER");
+        await clickAndAssert("Load index", "INDEX LOADER");
+        await clickAndAssert("Submit empty", "INDEX LOADER");
+        await clickAndAssert("Submit parent get", "PARENT LOADER");
+        await clickAndAssert("Submit index get", "INDEX LOADER");
+        await clickAndAssert("Submit parent post", "PARENT ACTION");
+        await clickAndAssert("Submit index post", "INDEX ACTION");
+      });
+
       it("handles fetcher.load errors", async () => {
         let { container } = render(
           <TestDataRouter
diff --git a/packages/router/__tests__/router-test.ts b/packages/router/__tests__/router-test.ts
index 1d4e7f9dab..036a1a3042 100644
--- a/packages/router/__tests__/router-test.ts
+++ b/packages/router/__tests__/router-test.ts
@@ -7605,6 +7605,76 @@ describe("a router", () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe("fetcher ?index params", () => {
+      it("hits the proper Routes when ?index params are present", async () => {
+        let t = setup({
+          routes: [
+            {
+              id: "parent",
+              path: "parent",
+              action: true,
+              loader: true,
+              // Turn off revalidation after fetcher action submission for this test
+              shouldRevalidate: () => false,
+              children: [
+                {
+                  id: "index",
+                  index: true,
+                  action: true,
+                  loader: true,
+                  // Turn off revalidation after fetcher action submission for this test
+                  shouldRevalidate: () => false,
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+          initialEntries: ["/parent"],
+          hydrationData: { loaderData: { parent: "PARENT", index: "INDEX" } },
+        });
+
+        let key = "KEY";
+
+        // fetcher.load()
+        let A = await t.fetch("/parent", key);
+        await A.loaders.parent.resolve("PARENT LOADER");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("PARENT LOADER");
+
+        let B = await t.fetch("/parent?index", key);
+        await B.loaders.index.resolve("INDEX LOADER");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("INDEX LOADER");
+
+        // fetcher.submit({}, { method: 'get' })
+        let C = await t.fetch("/parent", key, {
+          formMethod: "get",
+          formData: createFormData({}),
+        });
+        await C.loaders.parent.resolve("PARENT LOADER");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("PARENT LOADER");
+
+        let D = await t.fetch("/parent?index", key, {
+          formMethod: "get",
+          formData: createFormData({}),
+        });
+        await D.loaders.index.resolve("INDEX LOADER");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("INDEX LOADER");
+
+        // fetcher.submit({}, { method: 'post' })
+        let E = await t.fetch("/parent", key, {
+          formMethod: "post",
+          formData: createFormData({}),
+        });
+        await E.actions.parent.resolve("PARENT ACTION");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("PARENT ACTION");
+
+        let F = await t.fetch("/parent?index", key, {
+          formMethod: "post",
+          formData: createFormData({}),
+        });
+        await F.actions.index.resolve("INDEX ACTION");
+        expect(t.router.getFetcher(key).data).toBe("INDEX ACTION");
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe("deferred data", () => {
diff --git a/packages/router/router.ts b/packages/router/router.ts
index 140ab20d38..6af50bef5b 100644
--- a/packages/router/router.ts
+++ b/packages/router/router.ts
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ export function createRouter(init: RouterInit): Router {
       return;
     }
 
-    let { path, submission } = normalizeNavigateOptions(href, opts);
+    let { path, submission } = normalizeNavigateOptions(href, opts, true);
     let match = getTargetMatch(matches, path);
 
     if (submission) {
@@ -2098,7 +2098,8 @@ export function getStaticContextFromError(
 // URLSearchParams so they behave identically to links with query params
 function normalizeNavigateOptions(
   to: To,
-  opts?: RouterNavigateOptions
+  opts?: RouterNavigateOptions,
+  isFetcher = false
 ): {
   path: string;
   submission?: Submission;
@@ -2134,6 +2135,16 @@ function normalizeNavigateOptions(
   let parsedPath = parsePath(path);
   try {
     let searchParams = convertFormDataToSearchParams(opts.formData);
+    // Since fetcher GET submissions only run a single loader (as opposed to
+    // navigation GET submissions which run all loaders), we need to preserve
+    // any incoming ?index params
+    if (
+      isFetcher &&
+      parsedPath.search &&
+      hasNakedIndexQuery(parsedPath.search)
+    ) {
+      searchParams.append("index", "");
+    }
     parsedPath.search = `?${searchParams}`;
   } catch (e) {
     return {