diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/macros.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/macros.ts
index 2ddc9197695..047ee23c3de 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/macros.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/macros.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ const starts = {
   "'": "'"
 }
 
+const QUOTE_RE = /["']/
+
 function extractObject (code: string) {
   // Strip comments
   code = code.replace(/^\s*\/\/.*$/gm, '')
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ function extractObject (code: string) {
   do {
     if (stack[0] === code[0] && result.slice(-1) !== '\\') {
       stack.shift()
-    } else if (code[0] in starts) {
+    } else if (code[0] in starts && !QUOTE_RE.test(stack[0])) {
       stack.unshift(starts[code[0]])
     }
     result += code[0]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/no-auth.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/no-auth.vue
index 0fc01f77c9e..21651201706 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/no-auth.vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/no-auth.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 definePageMeta({
+  title: "l'equipe"
   // middleware: 'inject-auth'
 })
 </script>