diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/html_field.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/html_field.js
index 1373a809377..b035c385fb2 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/html_field.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/backend/html_field.js
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export class HtmlField extends Component {
                     cwindow.document.head.append(link);
                 }
                 for (const cssContent of asset.cssContents) {
-                    const style = cwindow.document.createElement('link');
+                    const style = cwindow.document.createElement('style');
                     style.setAttribute('type', 'text/css');
                     const textNode = cwindow.document.createTextNode(cssContent);
                     style.append(textNode);