diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js
index fb5ae0d200a..29ad9160653 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/openerpframework.js
@@ -784,6 +784,12 @@ openerp.Widget = openerp.Class.extend(openerp.PropertiesMixin, {
             return this.$el;
         return this.$el.find(selector);
     },
+    do_show: function () {
+        this.$el.show();
+    },
+    do_hide: function () {
+        this.$el.hide();
+    },
     /**
      * Proxies a method of the object, in order to keep the right ``this`` on
      * method invocations.
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 971f3622b94..7156fdaba5d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -5368,7 +5368,7 @@ instance.web.form.SelectCreatePopup = instance.web.form.AbstractFormPopup.extend
     },
     new_object: function() {
         if (this.searchview) {
-            this.searchview.hide();
+            this.searchview.do_hide();
         }
         if (this.view_list) {
             this.view_list.do_hide();