diff --git a/.changeset/polite-vans-travel.md b/.changeset/polite-vans-travel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..176d24c6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-vans-travel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-router/dev": patch
+---
+
+Fix rename without mkdir in Vite plugin
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
index 67b467eb65..b2d8e75728 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ export const reactRouterVitePlugin: ReactRouterVitePlugin = () => {
 
             if (!userSsrEmitAssets) {
               if (!existsSync(dest)) {
+                await mkdir(path.dirname(dest), { recursive: true });
                 await rename(src, dest);
                 movedAssetPaths.push(dest);
               } else {