diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 11a5d884f57..98585fd6757 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
             var item = false;
             if (record) {
                 item = record.attributes;
+                this.dataset.select_id(record.get('id'));
             } else {
                 record = this.make_empty_record(false);
                 this.records.add(record, {