diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-tables-fold.md b/.changeset/sixty-tables-fold.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83182344cece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-tables-fold.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: respect the unidirectional nature of time
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/loop.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/loop.js
index d1c73e344fa3..9c1e972800fd 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/loop.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/loop.js
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import { raf } from './timing.js';
 // TODO move this into timing.js where it probably belongs
 
 /**
- * @param {number} now
  * @returns {void}
  */
-function run_tasks(now) {
+function run_tasks() {
+	// use `raf.now()` instead of the `requestAnimationFrame` callback argument, because
+	// otherwise things can get wonky https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/14541
+	const now = raf.now();
+
 	raf.tasks.forEach((task) => {
 		if (!task.c(now)) {
 			raf.tasks.delete(task);