diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/after/after.ts b/packages/next/src/server/after/after.ts
index f0c23c743a573..ced3dae2167aa 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/after/after.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/after/after.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { StaticGenBailoutError } from '../../client/components/static-generation-bailout'
 
 import { markCurrentScopeAsDynamic } from '../app-render/dynamic-rendering'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/action-handler.ts b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/action-handler.ts
index de472e0b54dd5..59b5fd5e5768b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/action-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/action-handler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { IncomingHttpHeaders, OutgoingHttpHeaders } from 'http'
 import type { SizeLimit } from '../../types'
-import type { RequestStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { RequestStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import type { AppRenderContext, GenerateFlight } from './app-render'
 import type { AppPageModule } from '../../server/route-modules/app-page/module'
 import type { BaseNextRequest, BaseNextResponse } from '../base-http'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/app-render.tsx b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/app-render.tsx
index 3c6046804b816..b28838091ab98 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/app-render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/app-render.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type {
   InitialRSCPayload,
 } from './types'
 import type { WorkStore } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import type { RequestStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { RequestStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import type { NextParsedUrlQuery } from '../request-meta'
 import type { LoaderTree } from '../lib/app-dir-module'
 import type { AppPageModule } from '../route-modules/app-page/module'
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ import { waitAtLeastOneReactRenderTask } from '../../lib/scheduler'
 import {
   workUnitAsyncStorage,
   type PrerenderStore,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from './work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { CacheSignal } from './cache-signal'
 import { getTracedMetadata } from '../lib/trace/utils'
 
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/create-component-tree.tsx b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/create-component-tree.tsx
index 9eac86ec9cff4..b6714cccc9d91 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/create-component-tree.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/create-component-tree.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { NextNodeServerSpan } from '../lib/trace/constants'
 import { StaticGenBailoutError } from '../../client/components/static-generation-bailout'
 import type { LoadingModuleData } from '../../shared/lib/app-router-context.shared-runtime'
 import type { Params } from '../request/params'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from './work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 /**
  * Use the provided loader tree to create the React Component tree.
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/dynamic-rendering.ts b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/dynamic-rendering.ts
index 8dfd192232a68..70439603fb56f 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/dynamic-rendering.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/dynamic-rendering.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { WorkStore } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import type { WorkUnitStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { WorkUnitStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 // Once postpone is in stable we should switch to importing the postpone export directly
 import React from 'react'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
   workUnitAsyncStorage,
   type PrerenderStoreLegacy,
   type PrerenderStoreModern,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from './work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
 import { makeHangingPromise } from '../dynamic-rendering-utils'
 import {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/entry-base.ts b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/entry-base.ts
index 0ccfe1355afb7..21e4a1c2857c1 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/app-render/entry-base.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/entry-base.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export { prerender } from 'react-server-dom-webpack/static.edge'
 import LayoutRouter from '../../client/components/layout-router'
 import RenderFromTemplateContext from '../../client/components/render-from-template-context'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from './work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { actionAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/action-async-storage.external'
 import { ClientPageRoot } from '../../client/components/client-page'
 import { ClientSegmentRoot } from '../../client/components/client-segment'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts
rename to packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts
index 53a429ec14fc3..f7d9a22361d1b 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage-instance.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createAsyncLocalStorage } from './async-local-storage'
+import { createAsyncLocalStorage } from '../../client/components/async-local-storage'
 import type { WorkUnitAsyncStorage } from './work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 export const workUnitAsyncStorage: WorkUnitAsyncStorage =
diff --git a/packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts
rename to packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts
index 361ec17e8ff0b..c2e99b50d1312 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import type { DraftModeProvider } from '../../server/async-storage/draft-mode-pr
 import type { ResponseCookies } from '../../server/web/spec-extension/cookies'
 import type { ReadonlyHeaders } from '../../server/web/spec-extension/adapters/headers'
 import type { ReadonlyRequestCookies } from '../../server/web/spec-extension/adapters/request-cookies'
-import type { CacheSignal } from '../../server/app-render/cache-signal'
-import type { DynamicTrackingState } from '../../server/app-render/dynamic-rendering'
+import type { CacheSignal } from './cache-signal'
+import type { DynamicTrackingState } from './dynamic-rendering'
 
 // Share the instance module in the next-shared layer
 import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from './work-unit-async-storage-instance' with { 'turbopack-transition': 'next-shared' }
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/async-storage/with-request-store.ts b/packages/next/src/server/async-storage/with-request-store.ts
index c718abad2110d..5b5ddf733428c 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/async-storage/with-request-store.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/async-storage/with-request-store.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'async_hooks'
 import type {
   RequestStore,
   WorkUnitStore,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import type { RenderOpts } from '../app-render/types'
 import type { WithStore } from './with-store'
 import type { NextRequest } from '../web/spec-extension/request'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.test.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.test.ts
index 241018dcf3bff..c684594ba5a5c 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.test.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks'
-import type { WorkUnitStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { WorkUnitStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import type { WorkStore } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
 import type { IncrementalCache } from './incremental-cache'
 import { createPatchedFetcher } from './patch-fetch'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.ts b/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.ts
index c977ad29157f4..35060f2e8ab7d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/lib/patch-fetch.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import type {
   WorkUnitAsyncStorage,
   WorkUnitStore,
   RequestStore,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   CachedRouteKind,
   IncrementalCacheKind,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/node-environment-extensions/utils.tsx b/packages/next/src/server/node-environment-extensions/utils.tsx
index cfebb2d38c403..a8b0c3ecbb5f9 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/node-environment-extensions/utils.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/node-environment-extensions/utils.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { abortOnSynchronousDynamicDataAccess } from '../app-render/dynamic-rendering'
 
 export function io(expression: string) {
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/connection.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/connection.ts
index 4f497e233d48e..e73be01382286 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/connection.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   postponeWithTracking,
   throwToInterruptStaticGeneration,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/cookies.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/cookies.ts
index 703e88f13aa1b..dc33cc9c35720 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/cookies.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/cookies.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.ext
 import {
   workUnitAsyncStorage,
   type PrerenderStoreModern,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   postponeWithTracking,
   abortAndThrowOnSynchronousDynamicDataAccess,
   throwToInterruptStaticGeneration,
   trackDynamicDataInDynamicRender,
 } from '../../server/app-render/dynamic-rendering'
-import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { actionAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/action-async-storage.external'
 import { StaticGenBailoutError } from '../../client/components/static-generation-bailout'
 import { makeResolvedReactPromise } from './utils'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/draft-mode.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/draft-mode.ts
index 865b4c48d1cf3..71a42be7a3eb1 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/draft-mode.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/draft-mode.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 import type { DraftModeProvider } from '../../server/async-storage/draft-mode-provider'
 
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { trackDynamicDataAccessed } from '../app-render/dynamic-rendering'
 import { createDedupedByCallsiteServerErrorLoggerDev } from '../create-deduped-by-callsite-server-error-loger'
 
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/headers.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/headers.ts
index e04f65f46ab8e..8bd8ade55da6c 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/headers.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/headers.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import {
   type ReadonlyHeaders,
 } from '../../server/web/spec-extension/adapters/headers'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { getExpectedRequestStore } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   workUnitAsyncStorage,
   type PrerenderStoreModern,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   postponeWithTracking,
   abortAndThrowOnSynchronousDynamicDataAccess,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/params.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/params.ts
index 9318d6ebe5d1c..fa20cd2cf55a0 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/params.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/params.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   type PrerenderStorePPR,
   type PrerenderStoreLegacy,
   type PrerenderStoreModern,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { InvariantError } from '../../shared/lib/invariant-error'
 import { makeResolvedReactPromise, describeStringPropertyAccess } from './utils'
 import { makeHangingPromise } from '../dynamic-rendering-utils'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/request/search-params.ts b/packages/next/src/server/request/search-params.ts
index 12dc98da502cc..395d611887915 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/request/search-params.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/request/search-params.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   type PrerenderStoreLegacy,
   type PrerenderStorePPR,
   type PrerenderStoreModern,
-} from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { InvariantError } from '../../shared/lib/invariant-error'
 import { makeHangingPromise } from '../dynamic-rendering-utils'
 import { createDedupedByCallsiteServerErrorLoggerDev } from '../create-deduped-by-callsite-server-error-loger'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/app-route/module.ts b/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/app-route/module.ts
index 40653168b6b41..1d621e9f9ba77 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/app-route/module.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/route-modules/app-route/module.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import {
   workUnitAsyncStorage,
   type WorkUnitStore,
   type PrerenderStore,
-} from '../../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+} from '../../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   actionAsyncStorage,
   type ActionStore,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/use-cache/use-cache-wrapper.ts b/packages/next/src/server/use-cache/use-cache-wrapper.ts
index b567645d3bb7e..f487692db4634 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/use-cache/use-cache-wrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/use-cache/use-cache-wrapper.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import {
 
 import type { WorkStore } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import type { UseCacheStore } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { UseCacheStore } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { runInCleanSnapshot } from '../app-render/clean-async-snapshot.external'
 
 import type { ClientReferenceManifest } from '../../build/webpack/plugins/flight-manifest-plugin'
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/adapter.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/adapter.ts
index 425742f3bae84..b0a4ce59e6b8a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/adapter.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/adapter.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { normalizeRscURL } from '../../shared/lib/router/utils/app-paths'
 import { FLIGHT_HEADERS } from '../../client/components/app-router-headers'
 import { ensureInstrumentationRegistered } from './globals'
 import { withRequestStore } from '../async-storage/with-request-store'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   withWorkStore,
   type WorkStoreContext,
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/revalidate.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/revalidate.ts
index 876270533fc4e..f87bcffc91b76 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/revalidate.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/revalidate.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   NEXT_CACHE_SOFT_TAG_MAX_LENGTH,
 } from '../../../lib/constants'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 /**
  * This function allows you to purge [cached data](https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/caching) on-demand for a specific cache tag.
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-cache.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-cache.ts
index 4d8202bdc0fa1..0db7dd2ac0d8d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-cache.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import {
   validateTags,
 } from '../../lib/patch-fetch'
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import {
   CachedRouteKind,
   IncrementalCacheKind,
   type CachedFetchData,
 } from '../../response-cache'
-import type { UnstableCacheStore } from '../../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import type { UnstableCacheStore } from '../../app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 type Callback = (...args: any[]) => Promise<any>
 
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-no-store.ts b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-no-store.ts
index 51df60c10aa6a..16fcab1080d32 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-no-store.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/web/spec-extension/unstable-no-store.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { workAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-async-storage.external'
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../../client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from '../../../server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 import { markCurrentScopeAsDynamic } from '../../app-render/dynamic-rendering'
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-external/app/async-storage/page.js b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-external/app/async-storage/page.js
index 351a90273c08a..d04c7f04faacb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-external/app/async-storage/page.js
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-external/app/async-storage/page.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from 'next/dist/client/components/work-unit-async-storage.external'
+import { workUnitAsyncStorage } from 'next/dist/server/app-render/work-unit-async-storage.external'
 
 export default async function Page() {
   // cookies is undefined if not set