diff --git a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
index 69e3b7b44d..b389b7e913 100644
--- a/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
+++ b/man/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.xsl
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ DEVICETYPE=TeamPort
 
   <xsl:template match="setting">
     <xsl:variable name="setting_name" select="../@name"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="unsupported" select="'6lowpan, 802-11-olpc-mesh, adsl, bluetooth, cdma, dummy, generic, gsm, ip-tunnel, loopback, macsec, macvlan, ovs-bridge, ovs-dpdk, ovs-interface, ovs-patch, ovs-port, ppp, pppoe, serial, tun, veth, vpn, vrf, vxlan, wifi-p2p, wimax, wireguard, wpan'"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="unsupported" select="'6lowpan, 802-11-olpc-mesh, adsl, bluetooth, cdma, dummy, generic, gsm, ip-tunnel, link, loopback, macsec, macvlan, ovs-bridge, ovs-dpdk, ovs-interface, ovs-patch, ovs-port, ppp, pppoe, serial, tun, veth, vpn, vrf, vxlan, wifi-p2p, wimax, wireguard, wpan'"/>
       <xsl:if test="not (contains(concat(' ', $unsupported, ','), concat(' ', @name, ',')))">
         <table>
           <title><xsl:value-of select="@name"/> setting</title>
diff --git a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
index cbf26540fe..08deaf5abd 100644
--- a/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
+++ b/src/core/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/nms-ifcfg-rh-writer.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
-static void _nm_unused
+static void
 set_error_unsupported(GError      **error,
                       NMConnection *connection,
                       const char   *name,
@@ -3506,6 +3506,11 @@ do_write_construct(NMConnection                   *connection,
     write_sriov_setting(connection, ifcfg);
     write_tc_setting(connection, ifcfg);
 
+    if (_nm_connection_get_setting(connection, NM_TYPE_SETTING_LINK)) {
+        set_error_unsupported(error, connection, "link", TRUE);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
     route_path_is_svformat = utils_has_route_file_new_syntax(route_path);
 
     has_complex_routes_v4 = utils_has_complex_routes(ifcfg_name, AF_INET);