diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 8bc2a3894c8..116bb0338d9 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -4359,10 +4359,13 @@ instance.web.form.FieldBinaryImage = instance.web.form.FieldBinary.extend({
 });
 
 instance.web.form.FieldStatus = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
-    tagName: "span",
+    template: "FieldStatus",
     start: function() {
         this._super();
         this.selected_value = null;
+        if (this.$element.parent().is('header')) {
+            this.$element.after('<div class="oe_clear"/>');
+        }
         // preview in start only for selection fields, because of the dynamic behavior of many2one fields.
         if (this.field.type in ['selection']) {
             this.render_list();
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 46fab28d791..e38260d3e75 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1006,17 +1006,17 @@
         <span></span>
     </span>
 </t>
+<t t-name="FieldStatus">
+    <ul class="oe_form_steps"/>
+</t>
 <t t-name="FieldStatus.content">
-    <ul class="oe_form_steps">
-        <t t-set="size" t-value="widget.to_show.length"/>
-        <t t-foreach="_.range(size)" t-as="i">
-            <li t-att-class="widget.to_show[i][0] === widget.selected_value ? 'oe_form_steps_active' : ''">
-                <span><t t-esc="widget.to_show[i][1]"/></span>
-                <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/form_steps.png"' class="oe_form_steps_arrow" t-if="i &lt; size - 1"/>
-            </li>
-        </t>
-    </ul>
-    <div class="oe_clear"/>
+    <t t-set="size" t-value="widget.to_show.length"/>
+    <t t-foreach="_.range(size)" t-as="i">
+        <li t-att-class="widget.to_show[i][0] === widget.selected_value ? 'oe_form_steps_active' : ''">
+            <span><t t-esc="widget.to_show[i][1]"/></span>
+            <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/form_steps.png"' class="oe_form_steps_arrow" t-if="i &lt; size - 1"/>
+        </li>
+    </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldBinaryImage">
     <span class="oe_form_field oe_form_field_image">