diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_module_module.py b/addons/website/models/ir_module_module.py
index 019519ce71a..b94aa3fff1e 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_module_module.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_module_module.py
@@ -501,13 +501,15 @@ class IrModuleModule(models.Model):
             if not generic_arch_db:
                 continue
             langs_update = (langs & generic_arch_db.keys()) - {'en_US'}
-            specific_langs = (langs & specific_arch_db.keys()) - {'en_US'}
-            generic_arch_db_en = generic_arch_db.pop('en_US')
-            specific_arch_db_en = specific_arch_db.pop('en_US')
-            generic_arch_db = {k: generic_arch_db[k] for k in langs_update}
-            specific_arch_db = {k: specific_arch_db.get(k, specific_arch_db_en) for k in specific_langs}
-            generic_translation_dictionary = field.get_translation_dictionary(generic_arch_db_en, generic_arch_db)
-            specific_translation_dictionary = field.get_translation_dictionary(specific_arch_db_en, specific_arch_db)
+            if not langs_update:
+                continue
+            # get dictionaries limited to the requested languages
+            generic_arch_db_en = generic_arch_db.get('en_US')
+            specific_arch_db_en = specific_arch_db.get('en_US')
+            generic_arch_db_update = {k: generic_arch_db[k] for k in langs_update}
+            specific_arch_db_update = {k: specific_arch_db.get(k, specific_arch_db_en) for k in langs_update}
+            generic_translation_dictionary = field.get_translation_dictionary(generic_arch_db_en, generic_arch_db_update)
+            specific_translation_dictionary = field.get_translation_dictionary(specific_arch_db_en, specific_arch_db_update)
             # update specific_translation_dictionary
             for term_en, specific_term_langs in specific_translation_dictionary.items():
                 if term_en not in generic_translation_dictionary:
@@ -518,7 +520,6 @@ class IrModuleModule(models.Model):
             for lang in langs_update:
                 specific_arch_db[lang] = field.translate(
                     lambda term: specific_translation_dictionary.get(term, {lang: None})[lang], specific_arch_db_en)
-            specific_arch_db['en_US'] = specific_arch_db_en
             cache.update_raw(View.browse(specific_id), field, [specific_arch_db], dirty=True)
 
         default_menu = self.env.ref('website.main_menu', raise_if_not_found=False)
diff --git a/addons/website/tests/test_views.py b/addons/website/tests/test_views.py
index 30689189db5..802f1e479b4 100644
--- a/addons/website/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/addons/website/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1025,6 +1025,18 @@ class TestCowViewSaving(TestViewSavingCommon):
         self.assertEqual(specific_view.with_context(lang='es_ES').arch, '<div>hola</div>',
                          "loading module translation should not remove specific translations that are not available on base view")
 
+        # Make sure updating a short list of languages does not destroy existing translations.
+        self.env['res.lang']._activate_lang('nl_NL')
+
+        self.env['ir.module.module']._load_module_terms(['website'], ['nl_NL'], overwrite=True)
+
+        specific_view.invalidate_model(['arch_db', 'arch'])
+        self.assertEqual(specific_view.with_context(lang='fr_BE').arch, '<div>salut</div>',
+                         "loading module translation for a specific language should not remove existing translations for other languages")
+
+        self.assertEqual(specific_view.with_context(lang='es_ES').arch, '<div>hola</div>',
+                         "loading module translation for a specific language should not remove existing translations for other languages")
+
     def test_soc_complete_flow(self):
         """
         Check the creation of views from specific-website environments.