diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban_widgets.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban_widgets.js
index 014e50dec3f..53b75bb3bc1 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban_widgets.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban_widgets.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var FormatChar = AbstractField.extend({
         this.format_descriptor = _.extend({}, this.field, {'widget': this.$node.attr('widget')});
     },
     renderElement: function() {
-        this.$el.text(instance.web.format_value(this.field.raw_value, this.format_descriptor));
+        this.$el.text(formats.format_value(this.field.raw_value, this.format_descriptor));
     }
 });