diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
index c16a5539fc5846..88e39dddfc9ff9 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/resolve.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   isObject,
   normalizePath,
   fsPathFromId,
+  ensureVolumeInPath,
   resolveFrom,
   isDataUrl,
   cleanUrl,
@@ -262,7 +263,7 @@ function tryResolveFile(
         if (index) return normalizePath(index) + query
       }
     } else {
-      return normalizePath(file) + query
+      return normalizePath(ensureVolumeInPath(file)) + query
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
index 37700978637884..e8744b2cb67d48 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/utils.ts
@@ -60,15 +60,18 @@ const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32'
 const VOLUME_RE = /^[A-Z]:/i
 
 export function normalizePath(id: string): string {
-  if (isWindows) {
-    return path.posix.normalize(slash(id.replace(VOLUME_RE, '')))
-  }
-  return path.posix.normalize(id)
+  return path.posix.normalize(isWindows ? slash(id) : id)
 }
 
 export function fsPathFromId(id: string): string {
   const fsPath = normalizePath(id.slice(FS_PREFIX.length))
-  return fsPath.startsWith('/') ? fsPath : `/${fsPath}`
+  return fsPath.startsWith('/') || fsPath.match(VOLUME_RE)
+    ? fsPath
+    : `/${fsPath}`
+}
+
+export function ensureVolumeInPath(file: string): string {
+  return isWindows ? path.resolve(file) : file
 }
 
 export const queryRE = /\?.*$/