diff --git a/addons/email_template/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml b/addons/email_template/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
index b7c57af2679..44145114fff 100644
--- a/addons/email_template/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
+++ b/addons/email_template/wizard/mail_compose_message_view.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
                         <div>Use template
                             <!--FIX: To avoid css issue of many2one field in footer temporary used oe_form (BUG:1152464)-->
                             <field name="template_id" nolabel="1" class='oe_inline'
-                                on_change="onchange_template_id(template_id, composition_mode, model, res_id, context)" domain="[('model_id.model','=',model)]"/>
+                                on_change="onchange_template_id(template_id, composition_mode, model, res_id, context)" domain="[('model_id.model','=',model)]"
+                                context="{'default_model': model, 'default_body_html': body, 'default_subject': subject}"/>
                         </div>
                         <button icon="/email_template/static/src/img/email_template_save.png"
                             type="object" name="save_as_template" string="Save as new template" class="oe_link"