diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/runtime/app.plugin.mjs b/packages/bridge/src/runtime/app.plugin.mjs
index 6ee6eae07..87f856812 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/runtime/app.plugin.mjs
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/runtime/app.plugin.mjs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export default async (ctx, inject) => {
     nuxtApp._processingMiddleware = true
 
     for (const middleware of nuxtApp._middleware.global) {
-      const result = await middleware({ ...ctx, route: to, from })
+      const result = await middleware({ ...ctx, route: to, from, _isGlobalMiddleware: true })
       if (result || result === false) { return next(result) }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/runtime/composables/router.ts b/packages/bridge/src/runtime/composables/router.ts
index 0a7d452cf..c64b9cd9e 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/runtime/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/runtime/composables/router.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export interface AddRouteMiddlewareOptions {
 }
 
 /** internal */
-function convertToLegacyMiddleware (middleware) {
+function convertToLegacyMiddleware (middleware: RouteMiddleware) {
   return async (ctx: any) => {
     // because the middleware is executed before the plugin
     ctx.$_nuxtApp._processingMiddleware = true
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ function convertToLegacyMiddleware (middleware) {
     if (result instanceof Error) {
       return ctx.error(result)
     }
+    if (result === false) {
+      // global middleware passes the result to `next` within `router.beforeEach`
+      if (ctx._isGlobalMiddleware) {
+        return result
+      }
+      // Nuxt 2 `middlewareSeries` stops calling the remaining middleware when `_redirected` is set
+      ctx._redirected = true
+      if (process.server && ctx.ssrContext['~renderResponse']) {
+        ctx.ssrContext.redirected = true
+        return
+      }
+      if (process.server || (!ctx.$_nuxtApp.payload.serverRendered && ctx.$_nuxtApp.isHydrating)) {
+        return ctx.error(createError({ statusCode: 404, statusMessage: `Page Not Found: ${ctx.route.fullPath}` }))
+      }
+      ctx.next(false)
+      ctx.$_nuxtApp.vue2App.$loading?.finish?.()
+      return
+    }
     if (result) {
       return ctx.redirect(result)
     }
diff --git a/playground/middleware/break-chain.ts b/playground/middleware/break-chain.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0be6b8181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/middleware/break-chain.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to) => {
+  if ('abort' in to.query) {
+    return abortNavigation()
+  }
+  return navigateTo('/navigation-target')
+})
diff --git a/playground/middleware/unreachable.ts b/playground/middleware/unreachable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..663ee9ea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/middleware/unreachable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(() => {
+  throw new Error('This middleware should not be called after the navigation has been redirected or aborted')
+})
diff --git a/playground/pages/middleware-chain/break.vue b/playground/pages/middleware-chain/break.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bac92023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/pages/middleware-chain/break.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+definePageMeta({
+  middleware: ['break-chain', 'unreachable']
+})
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <p>middleware-chain/break.vue</p>
+</template>
diff --git a/playground/pages/middleware-chain/index.vue b/playground/pages/middleware-chain/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b388fdd64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/pages/middleware-chain/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+const router = useRouter()
+const aborted = ref(false)
+
+function navigate () {
+  router.push('/middleware-chain/break?abort', undefined, () => {
+    aborted.value = true
+  })
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <p>middleware-chain/index.vue</p>
+    <button @click="navigate">
+      navigate
+    </button>
+    <p v-if="aborted">
+      navigation aborted
+    </p>
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/bridge.test.ts b/test/bridge.test.ts
index ad1e12094..3d8c90c4e 100644
--- a/test/bridge.test.ts
+++ b/test/bridge.test.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,31 @@ describe('middleware', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('Navigated successfully')
   })
 
+  it('should not call the remaining middleware after navigateTo on server-side', async () => {
+    const res = await fetch('/middleware-chain/break', { redirect: 'manual' })
+
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(302)
+    expect(res.headers.get('location')).toEqual('/navigation-target')
+  })
+
+  it('should not call the remaining middleware after abortNavigation on server-side', async () => {
+    const res = await fetch('/middleware-chain/break?abort', { redirect: 'manual' })
+
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(404)
+  })
+
+  it('should abort navigation without calling the remaining middleware on client-side', async () => {
+    const { page, pageErrors } = await renderPage('/middleware-chain')
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'navigate' }).click()
+    await page.getByText('navigation aborted').waitFor()
+
+    expect(new URL(page.url()).pathname).toEqual('/middleware-chain')
+    expect(await page.textContent('body')).toContain('middleware-chain/index.vue')
+    expect(pageErrors).toEqual([])
+
+    await page.close()
+  })
+
   // if `no-resolve`, an error occurs at `useRoute`.
   it.skipIf(isWebpack && isNoResolve)('should be output with target as to and origin as from', async () => {
     const { page, consoleLogs } = await renderPage('/')