diff --git a/packages/start-plugin-core/src/prerender.ts b/packages/start-plugin-core/src/prerender.ts
index 3986873c666..46bfd618d07 100644
--- a/packages/start-plugin-core/src/prerender.ts
+++ b/packages/start-plugin-core/src/prerender.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ export async function prerender({
 
     startConfig.pages.forEach((page) => addCrawlPageTask(page))
 
+    if (queue.isSettled()) {
+      logger.info('No pages matched prerender filter; skipping.')
+      return Array.from(prerendered)
+    }
+
     await queue.start()
 
     return Array.from(prerendered)
diff --git a/packages/start-plugin-core/tests/prerender-ssrf.test.ts b/packages/start-plugin-core/tests/prerender-ssrf.test.ts
index 4a0551e8c31..397229f0f8a 100644
--- a/packages/start-plugin-core/tests/prerender-ssrf.test.ts
+++ b/packages/start-plugin-core/tests/prerender-ssrf.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ function resetFetch() {
 
 function makeStartConfig(pagePath: string) {
   return {
-    prerender: { enabled: true, autoStaticPathsDiscovery: false },
+    prerender: {
+      enabled: true,
+      autoStaticPathsDiscovery: false,
+      concurrency: 1,
+    },
     pages: [{ path: pagePath }],
     router: { basepath: '' },
     spa: {
@@ -97,4 +101,13 @@ describe('prerender pages validation', () => {
 
     await expect(prerender({ startConfig, builder })).resolves.not.toThrow()
   })
+
+  it('resolves when prerender filter matches no pages', async () => {
+    resetFetch()
+    const startConfig = makeStartConfig('/about')
+    startConfig.prerender.filter = () => false
+
+    await expect(prerender({ startConfig, builder })).resolves.not.toThrow()
+    expect(fetchMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })