diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
index 4bcb21f7a4d..c5fa0ff6eed 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ var AbstractController = AbstractAction.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
      * @param {any} params.initialState the initialState
      * @param {boolean} params.isMultiRecord
      * @param {Object[]} params.actionViews
+     * @param {string|Object} params.viewName name of the view (e.g "List").
+     *   This is an object with `core._lt`.
      * @param {string} params.viewType
      * @param {boolean} params.withControlPanel set to false to hide the
      *   ControlPanel
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ var AbstractController = AbstractAction.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
         this.groupable = params.groupable;
         this.enableTimeRangeMenu = params.enableTimeRangeMenu;
         this.actionViews = params.actionViews;
+        this.viewName = params.viewName;
         this.viewType = params.viewType;
         this.withControlPanel = params.withControlPanel !== false;
         // override this.need_control_panel so that the ActionManager doesn't
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
index d061349b7c8..f090d5d4e84 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_view.js
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ var AbstractView = Class.extend({
         this.controllerParams.searchView = params.action && params.action.searchView;
         this.controllerParams.searchViewHidden = this.searchview_hidden; // AAB: use searchable instead where it is used?
         this.controllerParams.actionViews = params.action ? params.action.views : [];
+        this.controllerParams.viewName = this.viewName;
         this.controllerParams.viewType = this.viewType;
         this.controllerParams.withControlPanel = true;
         if (params.action && params.action.flags) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index e4a77c274b3..decf5eb98af 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
         <a role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="fvg" class="dropdown-item">Fields View Get</a>
         <t t-if="can_edit">
             <a role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="edit" data-model="ir.ui.view" t-att-data-id="view.fieldsView.view_id" class="dropdown-item">
-                Edit View: <t t-esc="view.display_name"/>
+                Edit View: <t t-esc="controller.viewName"/>
             </a>
             <a t-if="searchview and searchview.$el.is(':visible')" role="menuitem" href="#" data-action="edit" data-model="ir.ui.view" t-att-data-id="action.searchFieldsView.view_id" class="dropdown-item">Edit SearchView</a>
         </t>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
index 27498400b2a..e861afc6546 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/tools/debug_manager_tests.js
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ QUnit.module('DebugManager', {}, function () {
                     view_id: 1,
                 },
                 type: "list",
-                display_name: "List",
             }],
         };
         var view = {
+            viewName: "List",
             viewType: "list",
         };
         debugManager.update('action', action, view);