diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/widgets/widgets.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/widgets/widgets.js
index 7fda9238f34..43bc2e95199 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/widgets/widgets.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/widgets/widgets.js
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ var LinkDialog = Dialog.extend({
                 }
 
                 this.data.range = range.create(sc, so, ec, eo);
+                $(editable).data("range", this.data.range);
                 this.data.range.select();
             } else {
                 nodes = dom.ancestor(sc, dom.isAnchor).childNodes;