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 33c1d234c7a..551fa8102be 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_controller.js
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ var ListController = BasicController.extend({
         // TODO: this method should be synchronous...
         var self = this;
         if (this.$('thead .o_list_record_selector input').prop('checked')) {
-            var searchView = this.getParent().searchview; // fixme
-            var searchData = searchView.build_search_data();
+            var searchData = this.searchView.build_search_data();
             var userContext = this.getSession().user_context;
             var results = pyeval.eval_domains_and_contexts({
                 domains: searchData.domains,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/widgets/data_export_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/widgets/data_export_tests.js
index 192944ce3b5..4569a5a6290 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/widgets/data_export_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/widgets/data_export_tests.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ QUnit.module('widgets', {
             },
         });
 
-        list.getParent().searchview = {
+        list.searchView = {
             build_search_data: function () {
                 assert.step('build_search_data');
                 return {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ QUnit.module('widgets', {
             },
         });
 
-        list.getParent().searchview = {
+        list.searchView = {
             build_search_data: function () {
                 assert.step('build_search_data');
                 return {