diff --git a/addons/website_profile/data/mail_template_data.xml b/addons/website_profile/data/mail_template_data.xml
index 13e46434b25..1e2ccd3eb15 100644
--- a/addons/website_profile/data/mail_template_data.xml
+++ b/addons/website_profile/data/mail_template_data.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <field name="name">Profile: Email Verification</field>
             <field name="model_id" ref="base.model_res_users"/>
             <field name="subject">${object.company_id.name} Profile validation</field>
-            <field name="email_from">${user.email_formatted | safe}</field>
+            <field name="email_from">${(object.company_id.email_formatted or object.email_formatted) |safe}</field>
             <field name="email_to">${object.email_formatted | safe}</field>
             <field name="body_html" type="html">
 <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-top: 16px; background-color: #F1F1F1; color: #454748; width: 100%; border-collapse:separate;"><tr><td align="center">