diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 45e38743ba5..5505cd16fe0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -3371,7 +3371,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
         var def = $.Deferred().then(function() {
             self.initial_is_loaded.resolve();
         });
-        this.viewmanager.on_controller_inited.add_last(function(view_type, controller) {
+        this.viewmanager.on("controller_inited", self, function(view_type, controller) {
             controller.o2m = self;
             if (view_type == "list") {
                 if (self.get("effective_readonly")) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 5f90c4215f7..47a06e37ddc 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -532,12 +532,12 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
         this.views[view_type].controller = controller;
         this.views[view_type].deferred.resolve(view_type);
         return $.when(view_promise).then(function() {
-            self.on_controller_inited(view_type, controller);
             if (self.searchview
                     && self.flags.auto_search
                     && view.controller.searchable !== false) {
                 self.searchview.ready.then(self.searchview.do_search);
             }
+            self.trigger("controller_inited",view_type,controller);
         });
     },
     set_title: function(title) {
@@ -652,14 +652,6 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
             controller.do_search(results.domain, results.context, groupby || []);
         });
     },
-    /**
-     * Event launched when a controller has been inited.
-     *
-     * @param {String} view_type type of view
-     * @param {String} view the inited controller
-     */
-    on_controller_inited: function(view_type, view) {
-    },
     /**
      * Called when one of the view want to execute an action
      */