diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/components/link-to.ts b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/components/link-to.ts
index 1376eba4ba3..a1d8267bb60 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/components/link-to.ts
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/components/link-to.ts
@@ -517,7 +517,8 @@ const LinkComponent = EmberComponent.extend({
 
   _route: computed('route', '_currentRouterState', function computeLinkToComponentRoute(this: any) {
     let { route } = this;
-    return this._namespaceRoute(route === UNDEFINED ? this._currentRoute : route);
+
+    return route === UNDEFINED ? this._currentRoute : this._namespaceRoute(route);
   }),
 
   _models: computed('model', 'models', function computeLinkToComponentModels(this: any) {
diff --git a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/engine-test.js b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/engine-test.js
index 5104cc5591d..2ceadc86064 100644
--- a/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/engine-test.js
+++ b/packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/application/engine-test.js
@@ -890,6 +890,25 @@ moduleFor(
       });
     }
 
+    '@test query params only transitions work properly'(assert) {
+      assert.expect(1);
+
+      let tmpl = '<LinkTo @query={{hash type="news"}}>News</LinkTo>';
+
+      this.setupAppAndRoutableEngine();
+      this.additionalEngineRegistrations(function () {
+        this.register('template:category', compile(tmpl));
+      });
+
+      return this.visit('/blog/category/1').then(() => {
+        let suffix = '/blog/category/1?type=news';
+        let href = this.element.querySelector('a').href;
+
+        // check if link ends with the suffix
+        assert.ok(this.stringsEndWith(href, suffix));
+      });
+    }
+
     async ['@test query params in customized controllerName have stickiness by default between model'](
       assert
     ) {