diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
index 8b3566a7484..c41a5301bd5 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/wysiwyg.js
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
         this._updateEditorUI();
 
         this.$root.on('click', (ev) => {
-            const $target = $(ev.target);
+            const $target = $(ev.target).closest('a');
 
             // Keep popover open if clicked inside it, but not on a button
-            if ($target.parents('.o_edit_menu_popover').length && !$target.parent('a').addBack('a').length) {
+            if ($(ev.target).parents('.o_edit_menu_popover').length && !$target.length) {
                 ev.preventDefault();
             }
 
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ const Wysiwyg = Widget.extend({
                             // here relies on clicking in that editor panel...
                             await this.snippetsMenu._mutex.exec(() => null);
                         }
-                        this.linkPopover = await weWidgets.LinkPopoverWidget.createFor(this, ev.target, { wysiwyg: this });
+                        this.linkPopover = await weWidgets.LinkPopoverWidget.createFor(this, $target[0], { wysiwyg: this });
                         $target.data('popover-widget-initialized', this.linkPopover);
                     })();
                 }