diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render.tsx b/packages/next/src/server/app-render.tsx
index 29ce4aab089fb..30d394208a4ab 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render.tsx
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ function useFlightResponse(
   const startScriptTag = nonce
     ? `<script nonce=${JSON.stringify(nonce)}>`
     : '<script>'
+  const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
 
   function read() {
     forwardReader.read().then(({ done, value }) => {
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ function useFlightResponse(
         flightResponseRef.current = null
         writer.close()
       } else {
-        const responsePartial = decodeText(value)
+        const responsePartial = decodeText(value, textDecoder)
         const scripts = `${startScriptTag}self.__next_f.push(${htmlEscapeJsonString(
           JSON.stringify([1, responsePartial])
         )})</script>`
@@ -1476,10 +1477,11 @@ export async function renderToHTMLOrFlight(
       renderResult: RenderResult
     ): Promise<string> => {
       const renderChunks: string[] = []
+      const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
 
       const writable = {
         write(chunk: any) {
-          renderChunks.push(decodeText(chunk))
+          renderChunks.push(decodeText(chunk, textDecoder))
         },
         end() {},
         destroy() {},
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/node-web-streams-helper.ts b/packages/next/src/server/node-web-streams-helper.ts
index 6138100f97899..6bc172bdcb742 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/node-web-streams-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/node-web-streams-helper.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ export function encodeText(input: string) {
   return new TextEncoder().encode(input)
 }
 
-export function decodeText(input?: Uint8Array, textDecoder?: TextDecoder) {
-  return textDecoder
-    ? textDecoder.decode(input, { stream: true })
-    : new TextDecoder().decode(input)
+export function decodeText(
+  input: Uint8Array | undefined,
+  textDecoder: TextDecoder
+) {
+  return textDecoder.decode(input, { stream: true })
 }
 
 export function readableStreamTee<T = any>(
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ function createHeadInsertionTransformStream(
 ): TransformStream<Uint8Array, Uint8Array> {
   let inserted = false
   let freezing = false
+  const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
 
   return new TransformStream({
     async transform(chunk, controller) {
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ function createHeadInsertionTransformStream(
         controller.enqueue(chunk)
         freezing = true
       } else {
-        const content = decodeText(chunk)
+        const content = decodeText(chunk, textDecoder)
         const index = content.indexOf('</head>')
         if (index !== -1) {
           const insertedHeadContent =
@@ -293,11 +295,12 @@ export function createRootLayoutValidatorStream(
 ): TransformStream<Uint8Array, Uint8Array> {
   let foundHtml = false
   let foundBody = false
+  const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
 
   return new TransformStream({
     async transform(chunk, controller) {
       if (!foundHtml || !foundBody) {
-        const content = decodeText(chunk)
+        const content = decodeText(chunk, textDecoder)
         if (!foundHtml && content.includes('<html')) {
           foundHtml = true
         }