diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_controller.js
index 1d57981c92f..41a1d43b75a 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_controller.js
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export class FormController extends Component {
 
         // select footers that are not in subviews and move them to another arch
         // that will be moved to the dialog's footer (if we are in a dialog)
-        const footers = [...this.archInfo.xmlDoc.querySelectorAll("footer:not(field footer")];
+        const footers = [...this.archInfo.xmlDoc.querySelectorAll("footer:not(field footer)")];
         if (footers.length) {
             this.footerArchInfo = Object.assign({}, this.archInfo);
             this.footerArchInfo.xmlDoc = createElement("t");