diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Routing/UmbracoRouteValueTransformer.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Routing/UmbracoRouteValueTransformer.cs
index 8b6a02a1d9..4342bb017c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Routing/UmbracoRouteValueTransformer.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.Website/Routing/UmbracoRouteValueTransformer.cs
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ public class UmbracoRouteValueTransformer : DynamicRouteValueTransformer
         HttpContext httpContext, RouteValueDictionary values)
     {
         // If we aren't running, then we have nothing to route. We allow the frontend to continue while in upgrade mode.
-        if (_runtime.Level != RuntimeLevel.Run && _runtime.Level != RuntimeLevel.Upgrade && !httpContext.Request.IsClientSideRequest())
+        if (_runtime.Level != RuntimeLevel.Run && _runtime.Level != RuntimeLevel.Upgrade)
         {
-            if (_runtime.Level == RuntimeLevel.Install)
+            if (_runtime.Level == RuntimeLevel.Install && !httpContext.Request.IsClientSideRequest())
             {
                 return new RouteValueDictionary()
                 {