diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAdmin/Views/NavigationItemLink-admin.cshtml b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAdmin/Views/NavigationItemLink-admin.cshtml
index a7e8ae2bb81..c93a83c959c 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAdmin/Views/NavigationItemLink-admin.cshtml
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAdmin/Views/NavigationItemLink-admin.cshtml
@@ -7,23 +7,26 @@
 
     TagBuilder tag = Tag(Model, "a");
     tag.Attributes["id"] = null;
-    tag.Attributes["href"] = Model.Href;
 
-    if (Model.Href.ToString() == "#")
+    if (Model.Href == null || Model.Href.ToString() == "#")
     {
         tag.Attributes["href"] = "#m" + Model.GetHashCode().ToString();
+    } 
+    else 
+    {
+        tag.Attributes["href"] = Model.Href;
     }
 
     var prefix = "icon-class-";
 
-    // Extract classes that are not icons from Model.Classes
+    // Extract classes that are not icons from Model.Classes.
     var notIconClasses = ((IEnumerable<string>)Model.Classes)
-                    .ToList()
-                    .Where(c => !c.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+        .Where(c => !c.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        .ToArray();
 
-    if (notIconClasses.Count() > 0)
+    if (notIconClasses.Length > 0)
     {
-        tag.Attributes["class"] = string.Join(" ", notIconClasses);
+        tag.Attributes["class"] = string.Join(' ', notIconClasses);
     }
 
     tag.AddCssClass("item-label d-flex");