diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
index 818a69bf093..581ec4a2456 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/form.js
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ openerp.base.form.FormOpenDataset = openerp.base.ReadOnlyDataSetSearch.extend({
         if (this.fop.options.read_function) {
             return this.fop.options.read_function.apply(null, arguments);
         } else {
-            this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         }
     }
 });