diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b76ef148e3f..01fb2c6224d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Fixed some errors that could occur when running Craft through Laravel Octane ([#18921](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/18921))
 - Fixed an error that occurred when Updates were cached and deserialized.
 - The default value for `GeneralConfig::$loginPath` is now `false`
+- Fixed an error that prevented link fields from saving.
 
 ## 6.0.0-alpha.4 - 2026-05-19
 
diff --git a/src/Field/Link.php b/src/Field/Link.php
index 572071739ba..9dbc3ae2535 100644
--- a/src/Field/Link.php
+++ b/src/Field/Link.php
@@ -529,10 +529,10 @@ public function normalizeValue(mixed $value, ?ElementInterface $element): ?LinkD
             }
 
             $typeId = $this->resolveType($value);
-            $config['linkType'] = $linkTypes[$typeId] ?? ComponentHelper::createComponent(self::types()[$typeId], BaseLinkType::class);
+            $linkType = $linkTypes[$typeId] ?? ComponentHelper::createComponent(self::types()[$typeId], BaseLinkType::class);
         }
 
-        return new LinkData($config['value'], $config['linkType']);
+        return new LinkData($config['value'], $linkType);
     }
 
     /**