diff --git a/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/form_view_barcode_handler.js b/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/form_view_barcode_handler.js
index ffc6dfc7383..fd0a84166f5 100644
--- a/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/form_view_barcode_handler.js
+++ b/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/form_view_barcode_handler.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ var FormViewBarcodeHandler = common.AbstractField.extend(BarcodeHandlerMixin, {
         this.__quantity_listener = _.bind(this._set_quantity_listener, this);
         BarcodeHandlerMixin.init.apply(this, arguments);
 
+        this.process_barcode_mutex = new utils.Mutex();
+
         return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
     },
 
@@ -136,25 +138,35 @@ var FormViewBarcodeHandler = common.AbstractField.extend(BarcodeHandlerMixin, {
         else if (this.form_view.get('actual_mode') === 'view')
             this._display_no_edit_mode_warning();
         else {
-            // Call hook method possibly implemented by subclass
-            this.pre_onchange_hook(barcode).then(function(proceed) {
-                if (proceed === true) {
-                    // Wait for hypothetical ongoing onchange to finish
-                    self.form_view.onchanges_mutex.exec(function() {
-                        // A real onchange is triggered when a value actually changes (which can correspond
-                        // to a widget's blur event per example). Commit the value of fields before
-                        // programmatically triggering an onchange to be consistent with this.
-                        var mutex_commit_value = new utils.Mutex();
-                        _.each(self.form_view.fields, function(field) {
-                            mutex_commit_value.exec(_.bind(field.commit_value, field));
-                        });
-                        return mutex_commit_value.def.then(function(){
-                            // Trigger the barcode onchange
-                            self.set_value(barcode);
-                        });
-                    });
+            var process_barcode = function () {
+                // this function can be passed to `Mutex.exec` in order to make sure
+                // that every ongoing onchanges in the form view are done
+                var form_onchanges_mutex = function () {
+                    return self.form_view.onchanges_mutex.def;
                 }
-            });
+
+                // before setting the barcode field with the received barcode, we commit
+                // every fields of the form view and we wait for their hypothetical ongoing
+                // onchanges to finish
+                var commit_mutex = new utils.Mutex();
+                _.each(self.form_view.fields, function (field) {
+                    commit_mutex.exec(function () {
+                        return field.commit_value();
+                    });
+                    commit_mutex.exec(form_onchanges_mutex);
+                });
+
+                return commit_mutex.def.then(function () {
+                    return self.pre_onchange_hook(barcode).then(function (proceed) {
+                        if (proceed) {
+                            self.set_value(barcode);       // set the barcode field with the received one
+                            return form_onchanges_mutex(); // wait for its onchange to finish
+                        }
+                    });
+                });
+            };
+
+            this.process_barcode_mutex.exec(process_barcode);
         }
     },