diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.test.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.test.ts
index f6a8243a338..d47a6bc0cf9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@ describe('extension link validator', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should return link configuration if path is not specified', () => {
+    const configureWithValidation = validator(() => {
+      return {
+        title: 'Go to page two',
+      };
+    });
+
+    const configured = configureWithValidation(extension, context);
+    expect(configured).toEqual({ title: 'Go to page two' });
+  });
+
   it('should return undefined if path is invalid', () => {
     const configureWithValidation = validator(() => {
       return {
diff --git a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.ts b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.ts
index 15b61399e03..c8c4d214196 100644
--- a/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/plugins/extensions/validateLink.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { isString } from 'lodash';
+
 import type { AppPluginExtensionLink } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import type { ConfigureFunc } from './types';
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ export function createLinkValidator(options: Options) {
     return function validateLink(link, context) {
       const configured = configure(link, context);
 
+      if (!isString(configured?.path)) {
+        return configured;
+      }
+
       if (!isValidLinkPath(pluginId, configured?.path)) {
         logger(
           `[Plugins] Disabled extension '${title}' for '${pluginId}' beause configure didn't return a path with the correct prefix: '${`/a/${pluginId}/`}'`