diff --git a/addons/im_livechat/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml b/addons/im_livechat/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
index d8511fc2c16..6fc596b947e 100644
--- a/addons/im_livechat/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
+++ b/addons/im_livechat/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
     <t t-inherit="mail.ThreadIcon" t-inherit-mode="extension">
-        <xpath expr="//*[@name='rootCondition']" position="inside">
+        <xpath expr="//*[@name='root']" position="inside">
             <t t-elif="thread.channel_type === 'livechat'">
                 <t t-if="thread.orderedOtherTypingMembers.length > 0">
                     <ThreadTypingIcon
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
index ad08a4c00cb..d0d59247225 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/thread_icon/thread_icon.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
 
     <t t-name="mail.ThreadIcon" owl="1">
-        <div class="o_ThreadIcon" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
-            <t t-if="thread" name="rootCondition">
+        <t t-if="thread">
+            <div class="o_ThreadIcon" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root" name="root">
                 <t t-if="thread.channel_type === 'channel'">
                     <t t-if="thread.public === 'private'">
                         <div class="o_ThreadIcon_channelPrivate fa fa-lock" title="Private channel"/>
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
                         <div class="o_ThreadIcon_mailboxHistory fa fa-history"/>
                     </t>
                 </t>
-            </t>
-        </div>
+            </div>
+        </t>
     </t>
 
 </templates>