diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLinks.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLinks.tsx
index bb8950041a..71a60f3a15 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLinks.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/EntityRefLinks.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export type EntityRefLinksProps<
       defaultKind?: string;
       entityRefs: TRef[];
       fetchEntities: true;
-      getTitle?(entity: Entity): string | undefined;
+      getTitle(entity: Entity): string | undefined;
     } & Omit<LinkProps, 'to'>);
 
 /**
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.test.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a3ea1003e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { FetchedEntityRefLinks } from './FetchedEntityRefLinks';
+import { entityRouteRef } from '../../routes';
+import { renderInTestApp, TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import React from 'react';
+import { JsonObject } from '@backstage/types';
+import { catalogApiRef } from '../../api';
+import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
+
+describe('<FetchedEntityRefLinks />', () => {
+  it('should fetch entities and render the custom display text', async () => {
+    const entityRefs = [
+      {
+        kind: 'Component',
+        namespace: 'default',
+        name: 'software',
+      },
+      {
+        kind: 'API',
+        namespace: 'default',
+        name: 'interface',
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const catalogApi: Partial<CatalogApi> = {
+      getEntities: () =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          items: entityRefs.map(ref => ({
+            apiVersion: 'backstage.io/v1alpha1',
+            kind: ref.kind,
+            metadata: {
+              name: ref.name,
+              namespace: ref.namespace,
+            },
+            spec: {
+              profile: {
+                displayName: ref.name.toLocaleUpperCase('en-US'),
+              },
+              type: 'organization',
+            },
+          })),
+        }),
+    };
+
+    const getTitle = (e: Entity): string =>
+      (e.spec?.profile!! as JsonObject).displayName!!.toString()!!;
+
+    const rendered = await renderInTestApp(
+      <TestApiProvider apis={[[catalogApiRef, catalogApi]]}>
+        <FetchedEntityRefLinks entityRefs={entityRefs} getTitle={getTitle} />
+      </TestApiProvider>,
+      {
+        mountedRoutes: {
+          '/catalog/:namespace/:kind/:name/*': entityRouteRef,
+        },
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(rendered.getByText('SOFTWARE')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      '/catalog/default/component/software',
+    );
+
+    expect(rendered.getByText('INTERFACE')).toHaveAttribute(
+      'href',
+      '/catalog/default/api/interface',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
index 6b6ead7872..629306014f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
+++ b/plugins/catalog-react/src/components/EntityRefLink/FetchedEntityRefLinks.tsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export type FetchedEntityRefLinksProps<
 > = {
   defaultKind?: string;
   entityRefs: TRef[];
-  getTitle?(entity: Entity): string | undefined;
+  getTitle(entity: Entity): string | undefined;
 } & Omit<LinkProps, 'to'>;
 
 /**
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function FetchedEntityRefLinks<
               {...linkProps}
               defaultKind={defaultKind}
               entityRef={r}
-              title={getTitle ? getTitle(r as Entity) : undefined}
+              title={getTitle(r as Entity)}
             />
           </React.Fragment>
         );