diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 1d9ced0ca6d..6d361bc4311 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
     },
     do_search: function(domain, context, group_by) {
         var self = this;
-        this.$el.find('.oe_view_nocontent').remove();
         this.search_domain = domain;
         this.search_context = context;
         this.search_group_by = group_by;
@@ -235,6 +234,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
             self.$el.toggleClass('oe_kanban_grouped_by_m2o', self.grouped_by_m2o);
             var grouping = new instance.web.Model(self.dataset.model, context, domain).query().group_by(self.group_by);
             $.when(grouping).done(function(groups) {
+                self.$el.find('.oe_view_nocontent').remove();
                 if (groups) {
                     self.do_process_groups(groups);
                 } else {
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
     },
     do_process_groups: function(groups) {
         var self = this;
+        this.$el.find('table:first').show();
         this.$el.removeClass('oe_kanban_ungrouped').addClass('oe_kanban_grouped');
         this.add_group_mutex.exec(function() {
             self.do_clear_groups();
@@ -253,13 +254,15 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
                 self.no_result();
                 return false;
             }
+            self.nb_records = 0;
             var remaining = groups.length - 1,
                 groups_array = [];
             return $.when.apply(null, _.map(groups, function (group, index) {
                 var dataset = new instance.web.DataSetSearch(self, self.dataset.model,
                     new instance.web.CompoundContext(self.dataset.get_context(), group.model.context()), group.model.domain());
                 return dataset.read_slice(self.fields_keys.concat(['__last_update']), { 'limit': self.limit })
-                    .then(function(records) {
+                    .then(function (records) {
+                        self.nb_records += records.length;
                         self.dataset.ids.push.apply(self.dataset.ids, dataset.ids);
                         groups_array[index] = new instance.web_kanban.KanbanGroup(self, records, group, dataset);
                         if (!remaining--) {
@@ -267,11 +270,16 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
                             return self.do_add_groups(groups_array);
                         }
                 });
-            }));
+            })).then(function () {
+                if(!self.nb_records) {
+                    self.no_result();
+                }
+            });
         });
     },
     do_process_dataset: function() {
         var self = this;
+        this.$el.find('table:first').show();
         this.$el.removeClass('oe_kanban_grouped').addClass('oe_kanban_ungrouped');
         this.add_group_mutex.exec(function() {
             var def = $.Deferred();
@@ -447,7 +455,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.KanbanView = instance.web.View.extend({
             || !this.options.action.help) {
             return;
         }
-        this.$el.find('.oe_view_nocontent').remove();
+        this.$el.find('table:first').hide();
         this.$el.prepend(
             $('<div class="oe_view_nocontent">').html(this.options.action.help)
         );