diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
index dc26a750eb4..cf911ef5398 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ var ListController = BasicController.extend({
      */
     _saveMultipleRecords: function (recordId, node, changes) {
         var self = this;
+        var fieldName = Object.keys(changes)[0];
         var value = Object.values(changes)[0];
         var recordIds = _.union([recordId], this.selectedRecords);
         var validRecordIds = recordIds.reduce(function (result, nextRecordId) {
@@ -487,7 +488,7 @@ var ListController = BasicController.extend({
                 }
                 Dialog.confirm(this, message, {
                     confirm_callback: () => {
-                        this.model.saveRecords(recordId, validRecordIds)
+                        this.model.saveRecords(recordId, validRecordIds, fieldName)
                             .then(() => {
                                 this._updateButtons('readonly');
                                 const state = this.model.get(this.handle);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_model.js
index 900f3764b0e..65526346c8e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_model.js
@@ -40,12 +40,18 @@ odoo.define('web.ListModel', function (require) {
          * @param {string} referenceRecordId the record datapoint used to
          *  generate the changes to apply to recordIds
          * @param {string[]} recordIds a list of record datapoint ids
+         * @param {string} fieldName the field to write
          */
-        saveRecords: function (referenceRecordId, recordIds) {
+        saveRecords: function (referenceRecordId, recordIds, fieldName) {
             var self = this;
             var referenceRecord = this.localData[referenceRecordId];
             var list = this.localData[referenceRecord.parentID];
-            var changes = this._generateChanges(referenceRecord, {});
+            // generate all record values to ensure that we'll write something
+            // (e.g. 2 records selected, edit a many2one in the first one, but
+            // reset same value, we still want to save this value on the other
+            // record)
+            var allChanges = this._generateChanges(referenceRecord, {changesOnly: false});
+            var changes = _.pick(allChanges, fieldName);
             var records = recordIds.map(function (recordId) {
                 return self.localData[recordId];
             });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
index 6724540a23f..7f2ff62e293 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_tests.js
@@ -5411,6 +5411,44 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         list.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('editable list view: multi edition of many2one: set same value', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(4);
+
+        var list = await createView({
+            View: ListView,
+            model: 'foo',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<tree editable="bottom">' +
+                        '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                        '<field name="m2o"/>' +
+                    '</tree>',
+            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
+                if (args.method === 'write') {
+                    assert.deepEqual(args.args, [[1, 2, 3, 4], { m2o: 1 }],
+                        "should force write value on all selected records");
+                }
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(list.$('.o_list_many2one').text(), "Value 1Value 2Value 1Value 1");
+
+        // select all records (the first one has value 1 for m2o)
+        await testUtils.dom.click(list.$('thead .o_list_record_selector input'));
+
+        // set m2o to 1 in first record
+        await testUtils.dom.click(list.$('.o_data_row:eq(0) .o_data_cell:eq(1)'));
+        await testUtils.fields.many2one.searchAndClickItem('m2o', {search: 'Value 1'});
+
+        assert.containsOnce(document.body, '.modal');
+
+        await testUtils.dom.click($('.modal .modal-footer .btn-primary'));
+
+        assert.strictEqual(list.$('.o_list_many2one').text(), "Value 1Value 1Value 1Value 1");
+
+        list.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('editable list view: multi edition with readonly modifiers', async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(5);