diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 82a2095bace..eed98f9fc31 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -815,6 +815,11 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
             contexts: [action_context].concat(contexts || []),
             group_by_seq: groupbys || []
         }).done(function (results) {
+            if (results.error) {
+                throw new Error(
+                        _.str.sprintf(_t("Failed to evaluate search criterions")+": \n%s",
+                                      JSON.stringify(results.error)));
+            }
             self.dataset._model = new instance.web.Model(
                 self.dataset.model, results.context, results.domain);
             var groupby = results.group_by.length