diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
index f73a40d6b47..2ffbd4c4cf8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/graph/graph_model.js
@@ -165,8 +165,19 @@ return AbstractModel.extend({
             labels = _.map(this.chart.groupedBy, function (field) {
                 return self._sanitizeValue(data_pt[field], field);
             });
+            var value = is_count ? data_pt.__count || data_pt[this.chart.groupedBy[0]+'_count'] : data_pt[this.chart.measure];
+            if (value instanceof Array) {
+                // when a many2one field is used as a measure AND as a grouped
+                // field, bad things happen.  The server will only return the
+                // grouped value and will not aggregate it.  Since there is a
+                // nameclash, we are then in the situation where this value is
+                // an array.  Fortunately, if we group by a field, then we can
+                // say for certain that the group contains exactly one distinct
+                // value for that field.
+                value = 1;
+            }
             this.chart.data.push({
-                value: is_count ? data_pt.__count || data_pt[this.chart.groupedBy[0]+'_count'] : data_pt[this.chart.measure],
+                value: value,
                 labels: labels
             });
         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
index b3c8dccdd51..d383194dc6f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
                 fields: {
                     foo: {string: "Foo", type: "integer", store: true},
                     bar: {string: "bar", type: "boolean"},
-                    product_id: {string: "Product", type: "many2one", relation: 'product'},
+                    product_id: {string: "Product", type: "many2one", relation: 'product', store: true},
                     color_id: {string: "Color", type: "many2one", relation: 'color'},
                 },
                 records: [
@@ -529,6 +529,33 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
             done();
         });
     });
+
+    QUnit.test('use a many2one as a measure and as a groupby should work', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var graph = createView({
+            View: GraphView,
+            model: "foo",
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<graph string="Partners">' +
+                        '<field name="product_id" type="row"/>' +
+                '</graph>',
+        });
+        var done = assert.async();
+        return concurrency.delay(0).then(function () {
+            // need to set the measure this way because it cannot be set in the
+            // arch.
+            graph.$buttons.find('li[data-field="product_id"] a').click();
+
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.model.chart.data[0].value, 1,
+                "should have first datapoint with value 1");
+            assert.strictEqual(graph.model.chart.data[1].value, 1,
+                "should have second datapoint with value 1");
+
+            graph.destroy();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
 });
 
 });