diff --git a/packages/void/src/plugin-drizzle.ts b/packages/void/src/plugin-drizzle.ts
index 2c5a9adf4..f92f646e3 100644
--- a/packages/void/src/plugin-drizzle.ts
+++ b/packages/void/src/plugin-drizzle.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,10 @@ export function createDb() {
 `;
         }
 
-        // void/db virtual module
+        // void/db virtual module. Each dialect keeps the SQL helper export first: schema files
+        // that db/schema.ts reaches from outside db/ import void/db while this module is still
+        // loading. Vite SSR runs imports in source order, so the helpers must be loaded before
+        // the schema import.
         const schemaImport = schema
           ? `import * as schema from ${JSON.stringify(schema.path)};`
           : '';
@@ -161,10 +164,10 @@ export function createDb() {
           const mysqlDrizzleConfig =
             (schema ? ', schema, mode: "default"' : '') + (casingOption ? `, ${casingOption}` : '');
           return `
+export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 import { drizzle } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleMysql2Resolved)};
 import { getRuntimeBinding, getRuntimeRequestResource } from ${JSON.stringify(envModuleResolved)};
 ${schemaImport}
-export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 
 const _requestResourceKey = {};
 
@@ -243,10 +246,10 @@ export function createDb(connectionString) {
         if (dialect === 'postgresql') {
           // Like MySQL: drizzle builds the pool, so its bare pg import is the only one.
           return `
+export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 import { drizzle } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleNodePgResolved)};
 import { getRuntimeBinding, getRuntimeRequestResource } from ${JSON.stringify(envModuleResolved)};
 ${schemaImport}
-export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 
 const _requestResourceKey = {};
 
@@ -295,10 +298,10 @@ export function createDb(connectionString) {
 
         // SQLite (default)
         return `
+export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 import { drizzle } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleD1Resolved)};
 import { getRuntimeRequestResource, requireRuntimeBinding } from ${JSON.stringify(envModuleResolved)};
 ${schemaImport}
-export { ${DRIZZLE_OPERATORS} } from ${JSON.stringify(drizzleOrmResolved)};
 
 const _requestResourceKey = {};
 
diff --git a/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-drizzle.test.ts b/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-drizzle.test.ts
index 053d12754..74af5cbb4 100644
--- a/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-drizzle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-drizzle.test.ts
@@ -750,6 +750,22 @@ export const requestPoolOptions = (env) =>
     expect(code).not.toContain('requireRuntimeBinding');
   });
 
+  it.each(['sqlite', 'postgresql', 'mysql'] as const)(
+    'exports the %s SQL helpers before void/db imports the schema',
+    (dialect) => {
+      // A table file that db/schema.ts re-exports from outside db/ imports this module while
+      // it loads the schema. Vite SSR runs imports in source order (#472).
+      const root = createProjectRoot();
+      const plugin = drizzlePlugin(root, false, dialect);
+      const load = getHookHandler(plugin.load) as (this: object, id: string) => string;
+
+      const code = load.call({}, '\0virtual:void-db').trim();
+
+      expect(code.startsWith('export { sql, eq, ')).toBe(true);
+      expect(code).toContain('import * as schema');
+    },
+  );
+
   it('treats files in db/schema/ beside db/schema.ts as schema files', () => {
     // `void gen model` writes db/schema/<name>.ts and re-exports it from db/schema.ts.
     const root = createProjectRoot();
diff --git a/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-vite-environment.test.ts b/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-vite-environment.test.ts
index 71fddb1a9..e3f64d52a 100644
--- a/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-vite-environment.test.ts
+++ b/packages/void/test/unit/plugin-vite-environment.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import module, { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 import { cloudflare } from '@cloudflare/vite-plugin';
 import { createBuilder, createServer, normalizePath, resolveConfig } from 'vite';
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vite-plus/test';
@@ -945,6 +945,59 @@ describe('voidPlugin Vite environments', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('loads a table file outside db/ that imports sql from void/db after a route loads void/db', async () => {
+    // #472: db/schema.ts re-exports a table file outside db/, which imports void/db while
+    // void/db is still loading db/schema.ts.
+    const root = realpathSync.native(createProjectRoot());
+    mkdirSync(join(root, 'db'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(root, 'db/schema.ts'),
+      'export * from "../src/resources/projects/projects.schema";\n',
+    );
+    mkdirSync(join(root, 'src/resources/projects'), { recursive: true });
+    const sqliteCore = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve('drizzle-orm/sqlite-core'));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(root, 'src/resources/projects/projects.schema.ts'),
+      [
+        "import { sql } from 'void/db';",
+        `import { integer, sqliteTable, text } from ${JSON.stringify(normalizePath(sqliteCore))};`,
+        "export const projects = sqliteTable('projects', {",
+        "  id: integer('id').primaryKey(),",
+        "  createdAt: text('created_at').default(sql`(datetime('now'))`),",
+        '});',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    );
+    mkdirSync(join(root, 'routes/api'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(root, 'routes/api/projects.ts'),
+      [
+        "import { db } from 'void/db';",
+        "import { projects } from '@schema';",
+        'export const GET = () => Response.json({ db: typeof db, projects: typeof projects });',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    );
+    vi.spyOn(process, 'cwd').mockReturnValue(root);
+
+    const server = await createServer({
+      root,
+      configFile: false,
+      logLevel: 'silent',
+      plugins: [voidPlugin()],
+      optimizeDeps: { noDiscovery: true },
+      server: { middlewareMode: true, ws: false, preTransformRequests: false },
+    });
+    try {
+      const route = await server.ssrLoadModule('/routes/api/projects.ts');
+      const response = (route.GET as () => Response)();
+
+      await expect(response.json()).resolves.toEqual({ db: 'object', projects: 'object' });
+    } finally {
+      await server.close();
+    }
+  });
+
   describe('Node target builds with an installed void', () => {
     /** An API-only Node-target app whose route imports void and an adapter from node_modules. */
     function createNodeApp(route: string): string {