diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
index c562fa388f0..5fb77204ec7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
@@ -84,11 +84,14 @@ odoo.define('web.BasicModel', function (require) {
 
 var AbstractModel = require('web.AbstractModel');
 var concurrency = require('web.concurrency');
+var core = require('web.core');
 var Context = require('web.Context');
 var Domain = require('web.Domain');
 var fieldUtils = require('web.field_utils');
 var session = require('web.session');
 
+var _t = core._t;
+
 var x2ManyCommands = {
     // (0, _, {values})
     CREATE: 0,
@@ -420,6 +423,22 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
         this._sortList(list);
         return list;
     },
+    /**
+     * Returns the current display_name for the record.
+     *
+     * @param {string} id the localID for a valid record element
+     * @returns {string}
+     */
+    getName: function (id) {
+        var record = this.localData[id];
+        if (record._changes && 'display_name' in record._changes) {
+            return record._changes.display_name;
+        }
+        if ('display_name' in record.data) {
+            return record.data.display_name;
+        }
+        return _t("New");
+    },
     /**
      * Returns true if a record is dirty. A record is considered dirty if it has
      * some unsaved changes, marked by the _isDirty property on the record or
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
index 2b607496e85..fa84f11df7f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
      * @returns {string}
      */
     getTitle: function () {
-        var dataPoint = this.model.get(this.handle, {raw: true});
-        return dataPoint.data.display_name || _t('New');
+        return this.model.getName(this.handle);
     },
     /**
      * Called each time the form view is attached into the DOM
@@ -183,13 +182,15 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
      * @override
      */
     saveRecord: function () {
-        var result = this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-        if (_t.database.multi_lang) {
-            var self = this;
-            result.then(function (changedFields) {
-                if (!changedFields.length) {
-                    return changedFields;
-                }
+        var self = this;
+        return this._super.apply(this, arguments).then(function (changedFields) {
+            // the title could have been changed
+            self.set('title', self.getTitle());
+            self._updateEnv();
+
+            if (_t.database.multi_lang && changedFields.length) {
+                // need to make sure changed fields that should be translated
+                // are displayed with an alert
                 var fields = self.renderer.state.fields;
                 var alertFields = [];
                 for (var k = 0; k < changedFields.length; k++) {
@@ -201,9 +202,9 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
                 if (alertFields.length) {
                     self.renderer.displayTranslationAlert(alertFields);
                 }
-            });
-        }
-        return result;
+            }
+            return changedFields;
+        });
     },
 
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -370,7 +371,6 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
             // save the record but don't switch to readonly mode
             def = this.saveRecord(this.handle, {
                 stayInEdit: true,
-                reload: false,
             }).then(function () {
                 // we need to reget the record to make sure we have changes made
                 // by the basic model, such as the new res_id, if the record is
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index 6d212a9f001..fd395892e31 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
 
     QUnit.test('buttons in form view, new record', function (assert) {
         // this simulates a situation similar to the settings forms.
-        assert.expect(6);
+        assert.expect(7);
 
         var resID;
 
@@ -960,12 +960,12 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         });
         form.$('.o_form_statusbar button.p').click();
 
-        assert.verifySteps(['default_get', 'create', 'execute_action', 'read']);
+        assert.verifySteps(['default_get', 'create', 'read', 'execute_action', 'read']);
         form.destroy();
     });
 
     QUnit.test('buttons in form view, new record, with field id in view', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(6);
+        assert.expect(7);
         // buttons in form view are one of the rare example of situation when we
         // save a record without reloading it immediately, because we only care
         // about its id for the next step.  But at some point, if the field id
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         });
         form.$('.o_form_statusbar button.p').click();
 
-        assert.verifySteps(['default_get', 'create', 'execute_action', 'read']);
+        assert.verifySteps(['default_get', 'create', 'read', 'execute_action', 'read']);
         form.destroy();
     });
 
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
     });
 
     QUnit.test('clicking on stat buttons in edit mode', function (assert) {
-        assert.expect(8);
+        assert.expect(9);
 
         var form = createView({
             View: FormView,
@@ -1566,7 +1566,49 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
 
         assert.strictEqual(form.mode, "edit", "form view should be in edit mode");
         assert.strictEqual(count, 2, "should have triggered a execute action");
-        assert.verifySteps(['read', 'write']);
+        assert.verifySteps(['read', 'write', 'read']);
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test('clicking on stat buttons save and reload in edit mode', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch:'<form string="Partners">' +
+                    '<sheet>' +
+                        '<div name="button_box">' +
+                            '<button class="oe_stat_button" type="action">' +
+                                '<field name="int_field" widget="statinfo" string="Some number"/>' +
+                            '</button>' +
+                        '</div>' +
+                        '<group>' +
+                            '<field name="name"/>' +
+                        '</group>' +
+                    '</sheet>' +
+                '</form>',
+            res_id: 2,
+            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
+                if (args.method === 'write') {
+                    // simulate an override of the model...
+                    args.args[1].display_name = "GOLDORAK";
+                    args.args[1].name = "GOLDORAK";
+                }
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(form.getTitle(), 'second record',
+            "should have correct display_name");
+        form.$buttons.find('.o_form_button_edit').click();
+        form.$('input[name="name"]').val('some other name').trigger('input');
+
+        form.$('.oe_stat_button').first().click();
+        assert.strictEqual(form.getTitle(), 'GOLDORAK',
+            "should have correct display_name");
+
         form.destroy();
     });