diff --git a/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.ts b/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.ts
index e57adaa598..c41a5484a1 100644
--- a/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/cache/builders/link.service.ts
@@ -55,20 +55,16 @@ export class LinkService {
         parent: this.parentInjector
       }).get(provider);
 
-      const link = model._links[matchingLinkDef.linkName];
+      const href = model._links[matchingLinkDef.linkName].href;
 
-      if (hasValue(link)) {
-        const href = link.href;
-
-        try {
-          if (matchingLinkDef.isList) {
-            model[linkToFollow.name] = service.findAllByHref(href, linkToFollow.findListOptions, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
-          } else {
-            model[linkToFollow.name] = service.findByHref(href, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
-          }
-        } catch (e) {
-          throw new Error(`Something went wrong when using @dataService(${matchingLinkDef.resourceType.value}) ${hasValue(service) ? '' : '(undefined) '}to resolve link ${linkToFollow.name} from ${href}`);
+      try {
+        if (matchingLinkDef.isList) {
+          model[linkToFollow.name] = service.findAllByHref(href, linkToFollow.findListOptions, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
+        } else {
+          model[linkToFollow.name] = service.findByHref(href, ...linkToFollow.linksToFollow);
         }
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new Error(`Something went wrong when using @dataService(${matchingLinkDef.resourceType.value}) ${hasValue(service) ? '' : '(undefined) '}to resolve link ${linkToFollow.name} from ${href}`);
       }
     }
     return model;