diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
index 480e96ba061..75fb4467437 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
     <t t-name="mail.MessageInReplyToView" owl="1">
-        <small class="o_MessageInReplyToView text-small pt-1 pr-2 position-relative" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
-            <t t-if="messageInReplyToView">
+        <t t-if="messageInReplyToView">
+            <small class="o_MessageInReplyToView text-small pt-1 pr-2 position-relative" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
                 <t t-if="!messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.isEmpty">
                     <b class="o_MessageInReplyToView_author text-muted ml-2">@<t t-esc="messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.authorName"/></b>
                     <span class="o_MessageInReplyToView_body ml-1" t-on-click="messageInReplyToView.onClickReply">
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
                 <t t-if="messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.isEmpty">
                     <i class="o_MessageInReplyToView_deletedMessage text-muted ml-2">Original message was deleted</i>
                 </t>
-            </t>
-        </small>
+            </small>
+        </t>
     </t>
 </templates>