diff --git a/crates/vite_shared/src/tracing.rs b/crates/vite_shared/src/tracing.rs
index 97c889b11e..e3ebcb15e1 100644
--- a/crates/vite_shared/src/tracing.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_shared/src/tracing.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Tracing initialization for vite-plus
 
-use std::sync::OnceLock;
+use std::{str::FromStr, sync::OnceLock};
 
 use tracing_subscriber::{
     filter::{LevelFilter, Targets},
@@ -14,25 +14,28 @@ use crate::env_vars;
 /// Uses `OnceLock` to ensure tracing is only initialized once,
 /// even if called multiple times.
 ///
+/// Only sets the global default subscriber when `VITE_LOG` is set.
+/// When unset, the global default slot is left free so that other
+/// subscribers (e.g., rolldown devtools) can claim it without panicking.
+///
 /// # Environment Variables
 /// - `VITE_LOG`: Controls log filtering (e.g., "debug", "vite_task=trace")
 pub fn init_tracing() {
     static TRACING: OnceLock<()> = OnceLock::new();
     TRACING.get_or_init(|| {
+        let Ok(env_var) = std::env::var(env_vars::VITE_LOG) else {
+            return;
+        };
+
         tracing_subscriber::registry()
             .with(
-                std::env::var(env_vars::VITE_LOG)
-                    .map_or_else(
-                        |_| Targets::new(),
-                        |env_var| {
-                            use std::str::FromStr;
-                            Targets::from_str(&env_var).unwrap_or_default()
-                        },
-                    )
+                Targets::from_str(&env_var)
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
                     // disable brush-parser tracing
                     .with_targets([("tokenize", LevelFilter::OFF), ("parse", LevelFilter::OFF)]),
             )
             .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
-            .init();
+            .try_init()
+            .ok();
     });
 }