diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py
index 0eafd4e6cfe..1b5ea5e7794 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_model.py
@@ -2059,6 +2059,16 @@ class IrModelData(models.Model):
             else:
                 records_items.append((data.model, data.res_id))
 
+        # avoid prefetching fields that are going to be deleted: during uninstall, it is
+        # possible to perform a recompute (via flush_env) after the database columns have been
+        # deleted but before the new registry has been created, meaning the recompute will
+        # be executed on a stale registry, and if some of the data for executing the compute
+        # methods is not in cache it will be fetched, and fields that exist in the registry but not
+        # in the database will be prefetched, this will of course fail and prevent the uninstall.
+        for ir_field in self.env['ir.model.fields'].browse(field_ids):
+            field = self.pool[ir_field.model]._fields[ir_field.name]
+            field.prefetch = False
+
         # to collect external ids of records that cannot be deleted
         undeletable_ids = []