diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
index e1e9c5200a9..6173984878d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
@@ -1000,6 +1000,13 @@ var FormRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
                         tab.$page.removeClass('active');
                         self.inactiveNotebooks.push(renderedTabs);
                     }
+                    if (!modifiers.invisible) {
+                        // make first page active if there is only one page to display
+                        var $visibleTabs = $headers.find('li:not(.o_invisible_modifier)');
+                        if ($visibleTabs.length === 1) {
+                            self.inactiveNotebooks.push(renderedTabs);
+                        }
+                    }
                 },
             });
         });
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index 6752237898f..b3685b84128 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -875,6 +875,44 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('invisible attrs on notebook page which has only one page', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(4);
+
+        var form = await createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                    '<sheet>' +
+                        '<field name="bar"/>' +
+                        '<notebook>' +
+                            '<page string="Foo" attrs=\'{"invisible": [["bar", "!=", false]]}\'>' +
+                                '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                            '</page>' +
+                        '</notebook>' +
+                    '</sheet>' +
+                '</form>',
+            res_id: 1,
+            viewOptions: {
+                mode: 'edit',
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert.notOk(form.$('.o_notebook .nav .nav-link:first()').hasClass('active'),
+            'first tab should not be active');
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_notebook .nav .nav-item:first()').hasClass('o_invisible_modifier'),
+            'first tab should be invisible');
+
+        // enable checkbox
+        await testUtils.dom.click(form.$('.o_field_boolean input'));
+        assert.ok(form.$('.o_notebook .nav .nav-link:first()').hasClass('active'),
+            'first tab should be active');
+        assert.notOk(form.$('.o_notebook .nav .nav-item:first()').hasClass('o_invisible_modifier'),
+            'first tab should be visible');
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('first notebook page invisible', async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(2);