diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/menus/tmpl/default.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/menus/tmpl/default.php
index 06b901f3450aa..185b24fca45a9 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/views/menus/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/views/menus/tmpl/default.php
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
 									<?php endif; ?>
 								<?php endforeach; ?>
 							<?php elseif ($modMenuId) : ?>
-							<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_modules&task=module.add&eid=' . $modMenuId . '&params[menutype]=' . $item->menutype); ?>">
-								<?php echo JText::_('COM_MENUS_ADD_MENU_MODULE'); ?></a>
+								<?php $link = JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_modules&task=module.add&eid=' . $modMenuId . '&params[menutype]=' . $item->menutype); ?>
+								<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>"><?php echo JText::_('COM_MENUS_ADD_MENU_MODULE'); ?></a>
 								<?php echo JHtml::_(
 										'bootstrap.renderModal',
 										'moduleModal',