diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 78b865775..c268d90e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
         run: composer --no-interaction --no-progress require \
           webonyx/graphql-php:^14.8 \
           drupal/typed_data:^1.0 \
+          drupal/redirect:^1.0 \
           phpstan/phpstan:^1.7.14 \
           mglaman/phpstan-drupal:^1.1.2 \
           phpstan/phpstan-deprecation-rules:^1.0.0 \
diff --git a/src/Plugin/GraphQL/DataProducer/Routing/RouteLoad.php b/src/Plugin/GraphQL/DataProducer/Routing/RouteLoad.php
index 6b40a1ad8..48d7ad204 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/GraphQL/DataProducer/Routing/RouteLoad.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/GraphQL/DataProducer/Routing/RouteLoad.php
@@ -95,15 +95,15 @@ public function __construct(
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Url|null
    */
   public function resolve($path, RefinableCacheableDependencyInterface $metadata) {
-    if ($this->redirectRepository) {
-      /** @var \Drupal\redirect\Entity\Redirect|null $redirect */
-      $redirect = $this->redirectRepository->findMatchingRedirect($path, []);
-      if ($redirect) {
-        return $redirect->getRedirectUrl();
-      }
+    $redirect = $this->redirectRepository ? $this->redirectRepository->findMatchingRedirect($path, []) : NULL;
+    if ($redirect !== NULL) {
+      $url = $redirect->getRedirectUrl();
+    }
+    else {
+      $url = $this->pathValidator->getUrlIfValidWithoutAccessCheck($path);
     }
 
-    if (($url = $this->pathValidator->getUrlIfValidWithoutAccessCheck($path)) && $url->isRouted() && $url->access()) {
+    if ($url && $url->isRouted() && $url->access()) {
       return $url;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/src/Kernel/DataProducer/RoutingTest.php b/tests/src/Kernel/DataProducer/RoutingTest.php
index 718534284..d20ee1b1f 100644
--- a/tests/src/Kernel/DataProducer/RoutingTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/DataProducer/RoutingTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\graphql\Kernel\DataProducer;
 
+use Drupal\node\Entity\Node;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
 use Drupal\Tests\graphql\Kernel\GraphQLTestBase;
 
 /**
@@ -11,6 +13,25 @@
  */
 class RoutingTest extends GraphQLTestBase {
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'redirect',
+    'views',
+    'path_alias',
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp(): void {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installEntitySchema('redirect');
+    $this->installConfig(['redirect']);
+  }
+
   /**
    * @covers \Drupal\graphql\Plugin\GraphQL\DataProducer\Routing\RouteLoad::resolve
    */
@@ -21,6 +42,42 @@ public function testRouteLoad(): void {
 
     $this->assertNotNull($result);
     $this->assertEquals('user.logout', $result->getRouteName());
+
+    // Test route_load with redirect to an internal URL.
+    NodeType::create([
+      'type' => 'test',
+      'name' => 'Test',
+    ])->save();
+    $node = Node::create([
+      'title' => 'Node',
+      'type' => 'test',
+    ]);
+    $node->save();
+    $nodeUrl = $node->toUrl()->toString();
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\redirect\Entity\Redirect $redirect */
+    $redirect = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager')->getStorage('redirect')->create();
+    $redirect->setSource('internal-url');
+    $redirect->setRedirect($nodeUrl);
+    $redirect->save();
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Url $result */
+    $result = $this->executeDataProducer('route_load', [
+      'path' => 'internal-url',
+    ]);
+
+    $this->assertNotNull($result);
+    $this->assertEquals($nodeUrl, $result->toString());
+
+    $redirect->setSource('external-url');
+    $redirect->setRedirect('https://example.com');
+    $redirect->save();
+
+    $result = $this->executeDataProducer('route_load', [
+      'path' => 'external-url',
+    ]);
+
+    $this->assertNull($result, 'Route to external URL should not be found.');
   }
 
   /**