diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 0cbb5e635..ab0243ed4 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export default antfu(
       '**/*.d.ts',
       '**/*.timestamp-*',
       'test/core/src/self',
+      'test/core/test/mocking/already-hoisted.test.ts',
       'test/cache/cache/.vitest-base/results.json',
       'test/core/src/wasm/wasm-bindgen-no-cyclic',
       'test/workspaces/results.json',
diff --git a/packages/mocker/src/node/hoistMocksPlugin.ts b/packages/mocker/src/node/hoistMocksPlugin.ts
index 49edea0b3..7d4d0ae3c 100644
--- a/packages/mocker/src/node/hoistMocksPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/mocker/src/node/hoistMocksPlugin.ts
@@ -498,11 +498,11 @@ export function hoistMocks(
   // hoist vi.mock/vi.hoisted
   for (const node of hoistedNodes) {
     const end = getNodeTail(code, node)
-    if (hoistIndex === end) {
+    // don't hoist into itself if it's already at the top
+    if (hoistIndex === end || hoistIndex === node.start) {
       hoistIndex = end
     }
-    // don't hoist into itself if it's already at the top
-    else if (hoistIndex !== node.start) {
+    else {
       s.move(node.start, end, hoistIndex)
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/core/test/injector-mock.test.ts b/test/core/test/injector-mock.test.ts
index 22b43a8fc..a21dabe81 100644
--- a/test/core/test/injector-mock.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/injector-mock.test.ts
@@ -1273,6 +1273,29 @@ test('test', async () => {
     `)
   })
 
+  test('vi.mock already hoisted at the top', () => {
+    expect(
+      hoistSimpleCode(`\
+vi.mock('node:path', () => ({ mocked: true }));
+
+import { test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+
+console.log(path.mocked);
+`),
+    ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "vi.mock('node:path', () => ({ mocked: true }));
+      const __vi_import_0__ = await import("node:path");
+
+      import { test, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+
+
+      console.log(__vi_import_0__.mocked);"
+    `)
+  })
+
   test('correctly hoists when import.meta is used', () => {
     expect(hoistSimpleCode(`
 import { calc } from './calc'
diff --git a/test/core/test/mocking/already-hoisted.test.ts b/test/core/test/mocking/already-hoisted.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7c522e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/test/mocking/already-hoisted.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+vi.mock('node:path', () => ({ mocked: true }))
+
+import { expect, test, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import * as path from 'node:path'
+
+test('already hoisted', () => {
+  expect(path).toHaveProperty('mocked', true)
+})