diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
index 0b0e9725af9..b10c175c683 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/pyeval.js
@@ -845,16 +845,18 @@
     };
     instance.web.pyeval.eval_domains_and_contexts = function (source) {
         return new $.Deferred(function (d) {setTimeout(function () {
+            var result;
             try {
                 var contexts = ([instance.session.user_context] || []).concat(source.contexts);
                 // see Session.eval_context in Python
-                d.resolve({
+                result = {
                     context: instance.web.pyeval.eval('contexts', contexts),
                     domain: instance.web.pyeval.eval('domains', source.domains),
                     group_by: instance.web.pyeval.eval('groupbys', source.group_by_seq || [])
-                });
+                };
+
             } catch (e) {
-                d.resolve({ error: {
+                result = { error: {
                     code: 400,
                     message: instance.web._t("Evaluation Error"),
                     data: {
@@ -863,8 +865,9 @@
                                 instance.web._t("Local evaluation failure\n%s\n\n%s"),
                                 e.message, JSON.stringify(source))
                     }
-                }});
+                }};
             }
+            d.resolve(result);
         }, 0); });
     };
 })();