diff --git a/.changeset/olive-garlics-marry.md b/.changeset/olive-garlics-marry.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..342db3a6f691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-garlics-marry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where a server island hydration script might fail case the island ID misses from the DOM.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
index 6dd06b8d7b1a..b8ac34024ae2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/server-islands.ts
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ let response = await fetch('${serverIslandUrl}', {
 	method: 'POST',
 	body: JSON.stringify(data),
 });
-
-if(response.status === 200 && response.headers.get('content-type') === 'text/html') {
+if (script) {
+	if(response.status === 200 && response.headers.get('content-type') === 'text/html') {
 	let html = await response.text();
 
 	// Swap!
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ if(response.status === 200 && response.headers.get('content-type') === 'text/htm
 	script.before(frag);
 }
 script.remove();
+}
 </script>`);
 		},
 	};