diff --git a/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/barcode_form_view.js b/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/barcode_form_view.js
index 37fa34dcf95..7b82e68405c 100644
--- a/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/barcode_form_view.js
+++ b/addons/barcodes/static/src/js/barcode_form_view.js
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ FormController.include({
             candidate: this.activeBarcode[name] && this.activeBarcode[name].handle === this.handle ?
                 this.activeBarcode[name].candidate : null,
         };
+
+        // we want to disable autofocus when activating the barcode to avoid
+        // putting the scanned value in the focused field
+        this.disableAutofocus = true;
     },
     /**
      * @private
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
index 7ddd3d16587..611847ac3f4 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_controller.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
 
         this.actionButtons = params.actionButtons;
+        this.disableAutofocus = params.disableAutofocus;
         this.footerToButtons = params.footerToButtons;
         this.defaultButtons = params.defaultButtons;
         this.hasSidebar = params.hasSidebar;
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
      * Calls autofocus on the renderer
      */
     autofocus: function () {
-        this.renderer.autofocus();
+        if (!this.disableAutofocus) {
+            this.renderer.autofocus();
+        }
     },
     /**
      * This method switches the form view in edit mode, with a new record.
@@ -305,7 +308,7 @@ var FormController = BasicController.extend({
         this.set('title', title);
         this._updateButtons();
         this._updateSidebar();
-        return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+        return this._super.apply(this, arguments).then(this.autofocus.bind(this));
     },
     /**
      * @private
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
index 999006e54c2..ac53168df6e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_renderer.js
@@ -815,9 +815,6 @@ var FormRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
                 self._addFieldTooltip(widget, $label);
             }
         });
-
-        // Focus the default field (in edit mode)
-        self.autofocus();
     },
     /**
      * Sets id attribute of given widget to idForLabel
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_view.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_view.js
index f0264b67307..b48a5488848 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_view.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form/form_view.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var FormView = BasicView.extend({
         this.loadParams.type = 'record';
         this.loadParams.parentID = params.parentID;
 
+        this.controllerParams.disableAutofocus = params.disable_autofocus;
         this.controllerParams.hasSidebar = params.sidebar;
         this.controllerParams.toolbarActions = viewInfo.toolbar;
         this.controllerParams.footerToButtons = params.footer_to_buttons;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index 3ceb2046756..15147c22d1d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -4197,6 +4197,32 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('no autofocus with disable_autofocus option [REQUIRE FOCUS]', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                        '<field name="int_field"/>' +
+                        '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                '</form>',
+            viewOptions: {
+                disable_autofocus: true,
+            },
+        });
+        assert.notStrictEqual(document.activeElement, form.$('input[name="int_field"]')[0],
+            "int_field field should not have focus");
+
+        form.update({});
+
+        assert.notStrictEqual(document.activeElement, form.$('input[name="int_field"]')[0],
+            "int_field field should not have focus");
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('open one2many form containing many2many_tags', function (assert) {
             assert.expect(4);