diff --git a/.changeset/flat-points-decide.md b/.changeset/flat-points-decide.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1910819993f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/flat-points-decide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+feat: omit trailing `$.sibling` calls where possible
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Fragment.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Fragment.js
index 7f5d1aa19d15..9dd1a87b27da 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Fragment.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/Fragment.js
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export function Fragment(node, context) {
 			// special case — we can use `$.text` instead of creating a unique template
 			const id = b.id(context.state.scope.generate('text'));
 
-			process_children(trimmed, () => id, false, {
+			process_children(trimmed, () => id, false, false, {
 				...context,
 				state
 			});
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ export function Fragment(node, context) {
 		} else {
 			if (is_standalone) {
 				// no need to create a template, we can just use the existing block's anchor
-				process_children(trimmed, () => b.id('$$anchor'), false, { ...context, state });
+				process_children(trimmed, () => b.id('$$anchor'), false, false, { ...context, state });
 			} else {
 				/** @type {(is_text: boolean) => Expression} */
 				const expression = (is_text) => b.call('$.first_child', id, is_text && b.true);
 
-				process_children(trimmed, expression, false, { ...context, state });
+				process_children(trimmed, expression, false, false, { ...context, state });
 
 				let flags = TEMPLATE_FRAGMENT;
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
index 8c19bb4d6612..ca621c9d813a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 			arg = b.member(arg, 'content');
 		}
 
-		process_children(trimmed, () => b.call('$.child', arg), true, {
+		process_children(trimmed, () => b.call('$.child', arg), true, needs_reset, {
 			...context,
 			state: child_state
 		});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
index 9251870c2784..dd19ad426a95 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import { build_template_literal, build_update } from './utils.js';
  * corresponding template node references these updates are applied to.
  * @param {SvelteNode[]} nodes
  * @param {(is_text: boolean) => Expression} initial
- * @param {boolean} is_element
+ * @param {boolean} is_element TODO get rid of this — we should be able to determine controlled status during analysis
+ * @param {boolean} needs_reset
  * @param {ComponentContext} context
  */
-export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, { visit, state }) {
+export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, needs_reset, { visit, state }) {
 	const within_bound_contenteditable = state.metadata.bound_contenteditable;
 	let prev = initial;
 	let skipped = 0;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, { visit, state }) {
 
 	// if there are trailing static text nodes/elements,
 	// traverse to the last (n - 1) one when hydrating
-	if (skipped > 1) {
+	if (skipped > 1 && !needs_reset) {
 		skipped -= 1;
 		state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.next', skipped !== 1 && b.literal(skipped))));
 	}