diff --git a/packages/lexical-link/src/index.ts b/packages/lexical-link/src/index.ts
index fe2b9757048..3aafa251102 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-link/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-link/src/index.ts
@@ -486,8 +486,9 @@ export function $toggleLink(
   const {target, title} = attributes;
   const rel = attributes.rel === undefined ? 'noreferrer' : attributes.rel;
   const selection = $getSelection();
+  const selectionIsEmpty = selection && selection.isCollapsed() && url !== null;
 
-  if (!$isRangeSelection(selection)) {
+  if (!$isRangeSelection(selection) || selectionIsEmpty) {
     return;
   }
   const nodes = selection.extract();
diff --git a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Links.spec.mjs b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Links.spec.mjs
index 695ee28d8e6..be28f81c06d 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Links.spec.mjs
+++ b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/Links.spec.mjs
@@ -1438,7 +1438,8 @@ test.describe.parallel('Links', () => {
   test('Can edit link with collapsed selection', async ({page}) => {
     await focusEditor(page);
     await page.keyboard.type('A link');
-    await selectAll(page);
+    await moveToLineBeginning(page);
+    await selectCharacters(page, 'right', 6);
 
     await click(page, '.link');
     await click(page, '.link-confirm');
@@ -1457,8 +1458,6 @@ test.describe.parallel('Links', () => {
     </a>
   </p>`,
     );
-
-    await moveToLineBeginning(page);
     await setURL(page, 'facebook.com');
 
     await assertHTML(