diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
index 00142d1a0ea..40a18712d39 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail.js
@@ -1155,14 +1155,7 @@ openerp.mail = function(session) {
         _check_visibility: function() {
             this.$el.toggle(this.view.get("actual_mode") !== "create");
         },
-
-        /**
-         * Reinitialize the widget field and Display the threads
-         * @param {Object} new_context: context of the refresh
-          */
-        set_value: function() {
-            var self = this;
-            this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        render_value: function() {
             if (! this.view.datarecord.id || session.web.BufferedDataSet.virtual_id_regex.test(this.view.datarecord.id)) {
                 this.$('oe_mail_thread').hide();
                 return;
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
index 236e3081136..03e6466da89 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/mail_followers.js
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ openerp_mail_followers = function(session, mail) {
             });
         },
 
-        set_value: function(value_) {
+        render_value: function() {
             this.reinit();
-            return this.fetch_followers(value_  || this.get_value());
+            return this.fetch_followers(this.get("value"));
         },
 
         set_is_follower: function(value_) {
diff --git a/addons/pad/static/src/js/pad.js b/addons/pad/static/src/js/pad.js
index 1e45b535867..cba2086b772 100644
--- a/addons/pad/static/src/js/pad.js
+++ b/addons/pad/static/src/js/pad.js
@@ -4,16 +4,13 @@ openerp.pad = function(instance) {
         template: 'FieldPad',
         configured: false,
         content: "",
-        set_value: function(val) {
+        render_value: function() {
             var self = this;
-            var _super = self._super;
-            _super.apply(self,[val]);
-
-            if (val === false || val === "") {
-                self.field_manager.dataset.call('pad_generate_url',{context:{
-                        model: self.field_manager.model,
+            if (this.get("value") === false || this.get("value") === "") {
+                self.view.dataset.call('pad_generate_url',{context:{
+                        model: self.view.model,
                         field_name: self.name,
-                        object_id: self.field_manager.datarecord.id
+                        object_id: self.view.datarecord.id
                     }}).then(function(data) {
                     if(data&&data.url){
                         _super.apply(self,[data.url]);