diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 5362952e2..923f56b31 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ def load_model_from_path(model_path, meta=False, **overrides):
         pipeline = nlp.Defaults.pipe_names
     elif pipeline in (False, None):
         pipeline = []
+    # skip "vocab" from overrides in component initialization since vocab is
+    # already configured from overrides when nlp is initialized above
+    if "vocab" in overrides:
+        del overrides["vocab"]
     for name in pipeline:
         if name not in disable:
             config = meta.get("pipeline_args", {}).get(name, {})