diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
index faeb08d72bc..d49149debc3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
@@ -247,30 +247,33 @@ var KanbanRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
             }
         });
 
-        // Enable column sorting
-        this.$el.sortable({
-            axis: 'x',
-            items: '> .o_kanban_group',
-            handle: '.o_kanban_header',
-            cursor: 'move',
-            revert: 150,
-            delay: 100,
-            tolerance: 'pointer',
-            forcePlaceholderSize: true,
-            stop: function () {
-                var ids = [];
-                self.$('.o_kanban_group').each(function (index, u) {
-                    ids.push($(u).data('id'));
-                });
-                self.trigger_up('resequence_columns', {ids: ids});
-            },
-        });
+        if (groupedByM2O) {
+            // Enable column sorting
+            this.$el.sortable({
+                axis: 'x',
+                items: '> .o_kanban_group',
+                handle: '.o_kanban_header',
+                cursor: 'move',
+                revert: 150,
+                delay: 100,
+                tolerance: 'pointer',
+                forcePlaceholderSize: true,
+                stop: function () {
+                    var ids = [];
+                    self.$('.o_kanban_group').each(function (index, u) {
+                        ids.push($(u).data('id'));
+                    });
+                    self.trigger_up('resequence_columns', {ids: ids});
+                },
+            });
 
-        // Column quick create
-        if (this.columnOptions.group_creatable && groupedByM2O) {
-            var quickCreate = new ColumnQuickCreate(this);
-            quickCreate.appendTo(fragment);
+            // Enable column quickcreate
+            if (this.columnOptions.group_creatable) {
+                var quickCreate = new ColumnQuickCreate(this);
+                quickCreate.appendTo(fragment);
+            }
         }
+
     },
     /**
      * Renders an ungrouped kanban view in a fragment.
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/less/kanban_view.less b/addons/web/static/src/less/kanban_view.less
index fa66da84641..9b2f914d3b4 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/less/kanban_view.less
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/less/kanban_view.less
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@
             margin: 0 @o-kanban-record-margin;
             height: 50px;
             line-height: 2.2;
-            cursor: move;
             .o-flex-display();
             .o_column_unfold {
                 display: none;
@@ -473,7 +472,9 @@
             }
         }
     }
-
+    &.ui-sortable .o_kanban_header {
+        cursor: move;
+    }
     .o_column_quick_create {
         background-color: darken(@odoo-webclient-background-color, 10%);
         cursor: pointer;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/test/views/kanban_tests.js
index 25b3504eb89..eaa33a0b396 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
     });
 
     QUnit.test('create in grouped on m2o', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(4);
+        assert.expect(5);
 
         var kanban = createView({
             View: KanbanView,
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         });
         kanban.renderButtons();
 
+        assert.ok(kanban.$('.o_kanban_view').hasClass('ui-sortable'),
+            "columns are sortable when grouped by a m2o field");
         assert.ok(kanban.$buttons.find('.o-kanban-button-new').hasClass('btn-primary'),
             "'create' button should be btn-primary for grouped kanban with at least one column");
         assert.ok(kanban.$('.o_kanban_view > div:last').hasClass('o_column_quick_create'),
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
     });
 
     QUnit.test('create in grouped on char', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(3);
+        assert.expect(4);
 
         var kanban = createView({
             View: KanbanView,
@@ -310,6 +312,8 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
             groupBy: ['foo'],
         });
 
+        assert.ok(!kanban.$('.o_kanban_view').hasClass('ui-sortable'),
+            "columns aren't sortable when not grouped by a m2o field");
         assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group').length, 3, "should have " + 3 + " columns");
         assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:first() .o_column_title').text(), "yop",
             "'yop' column should be the first column");