diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
index 1fa9cbd00c7..7e6bc30013a 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/wysiwyg/widgets/link.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ export class Link extends Component {
         this._updateOptionsUI();
 
         this._setUrl({ shouldFocus: this.props.shouldFocusUrl });
+        this.$el[0].querySelector('#o_link_dialog_label_input').value = this.state.originalText;
     }
     /**
      * @override
@@ -526,8 +527,7 @@ export class Link extends Component {
             }
             const linkNode = this.$link[0] || this.state.range.cloneContents();
             const linkText = linkNode.innerText;
-            this.state.initialContent = linkText.replace(/[ \t\r\n]+/g, ' ');
-            this.state.originalText = this.state.initialContent;
+            this.state.originalText = linkText.replace(/[ \t\r\n]+/g, ' ');
             if (linkNode instanceof DocumentFragment) {
                 this.state.originalHTML = $('<fakeEl>').append(linkNode).html();
             } else {
@@ -535,12 +535,12 @@ export class Link extends Component {
             }
             this.state.url = this.$link.attr('href') || '';
         } else {
-            this.state.initialContent = this.state.initialContent ? this.state.initialContent.replace(/[ \t\r\n]+/g, ' ') : '';
+            this.state.originalText = this.state.originalText ? this.state.originalText.replace(/[ \t\r\n]+/g, ' ') : '';
         }
 
 
         if (!this.state.url) {
-            const urls = this.state.initialContent.match(OdooEditorLib.URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS);
+            const urls = this.state.originalText.match(OdooEditorLib.URL_REGEX_WITH_INFOS);
             if (urls) {
                 this.state.url = urls[0];
             }
diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/xml/wysiwyg.xml b/addons/web_editor/static/src/xml/wysiwyg.xml
index 49de60343b0..7e98650c1db 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/xml/wysiwyg.xml
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/xml/wysiwyg.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                         <div t-attf-class="mb-3 row#{props.needLabel ? '' : ' d-none'}">
                             <label class="col-form-label col-md-3" for="o_link_dialog_label_input">Link Label</label>
                             <div class="col-md-9">
-                                <input type="text" name="label" class="form-control" id="o_link_dialog_label_input" required="required" t-att-value="this.state.initialContent" t-ref="inputText"/>
+                                <input type="text" name="label" class="form-control" id="o_link_dialog_label_input" required="required" t-ref="inputText"/>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <div t-attf-class="mb-3 row o_url_input#{state.isButton ? ' d-none' : ''}">
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
                 <we-title>Label</we-title>
                 <we-input class="o_we_user_value_widget">
                     <div>
-                        <input name="label" id="o_link_dialog_label_input" t-att-value="this.state.initialContent" type="text"/>
+                        <input name="label" id="o_link_dialog_label_input" type="text"/>
                     </div>
                 </we-input>
             </we-row>