diff --git a/rules/camunda-cloud/link-event.js b/rules/camunda-cloud/link-event.js
index a7258bed..b58c859e 100644
--- a/rules/camunda-cloud/link-event.js
+++ b/rules/camunda-cloud/link-event.js
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ module.exports = skipInNonExecutableProcess(function() {
 
         const name = linkEventDefinition.get('name');
 
+        names = [
+          ...names,
+          name
+        ];
+
         if (!name) {
           return {
             duplicateNames,
@@ -35,11 +40,6 @@ module.exports = skipInNonExecutableProcess(function() {
           };
         }
 
-        names = [
-          ...names,
-          name
-        ];
-
         if (names.indexOf(name) !== index && !duplicateNames.includes(name)) {
           duplicateNames = [
             ...duplicateNames,
diff --git a/test/camunda-cloud/link-event.spec.js b/test/camunda-cloud/link-event.spec.js
index edfc2b35..10d2599e 100644
--- a/test/camunda-cloud/link-event.spec.js
+++ b/test/camunda-cloud/link-event.spec.js
@@ -175,6 +175,32 @@ const invalid = [
         requiredProperty: 'name'
       },
     }
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'link catch events (missing name, no duplicate name)',
+    moddleElement: createModdle(createProcess(`
+      <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="IntermediateCatchEvent_1">
+        <bpmn:linkEventDefinition id="LinkEventDefinition_1" />
+      </bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent>
+      <bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent id="IntermediateCatchEvent_2">
+        <bpmn:linkEventDefinition id="LinkEventDefinition_2" name="foo" />
+      </bpmn:intermediateCatchEvent>
+    `)),
+    report: {
+      id: 'IntermediateCatchEvent_1',
+      message: 'Element of type <bpmn:LinkEventDefinition> must have property <name>',
+      path: [
+        'eventDefinitions',
+        0,
+        'name'
+      ],
+      data: {
+        type: ERROR_TYPES.PROPERTY_REQUIRED,
+        node: 'LinkEventDefinition_1',
+        parentNode: 'IntermediateCatchEvent_1',
+        requiredProperty: 'name'
+      },
+    }
   }
 ];