diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index ec520a1881a..d4c58f53ba2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ openerp.web.search.SelectionField = openerp.web.search.Field.extend(/** @lends o
         });
     },
     get_value: function () {
-        return this.$element.val();
+        return this.attrs.selection[parseInt(this.$element.val(), 10)][0];
     }
 });
 openerp.web.search.BooleanField = openerp.web.search.SelectionField.extend(/** @lends openerp.web.search.BooleanField# */{
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index a66ad59f9a5..c57a599d9b6 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1096,10 +1096,10 @@
             <t t-foreach="attrs.selection" t-as="option">
                 <t t-set="selected" t-value="defaults[attrs.name] === option[0]"/>
                 <option t-if="selected"
-                        t-att-value="option[0]" selected="selected">
+                        t-att-value="option_index" selected="selected">
                     <t t-esc="option[1]"/>
                 </option>
-                <option t-if="!selected" t-att-value="option[0]">
+                <option t-if="!selected" t-att-value="option_index">
                     <t t-esc="option[1]"/>
                 </option>
             </t>