diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
index 8cd7f5a370d..684fe62465e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ ListRenderer.include({
         if (!thElements.length) {
             return;
         }
-        const table = this.el.getElementsByTagName('table')[0];
+        const table = this.el.getElementsByClassName('o_list_table')[0];
         let columnWidths = this.columnWidths;
 
         if (!columnWidths || !columnWidths.length) { // no column widths to restore
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ ListRenderer.include({
     _renderView: function () {
         this.currentRow = null;
         return this._super.apply(this, arguments).then(() => {
-            const table = this.el.getElementsByTagName('table')[0];
+            const table = this.el.getElementsByClassName('o_list_table')[0];
             if (table) {
                 table.classList.toggle('o_empty_list', !this._hasVisibleRecords(this.state));
                 this._freezeColumnWidths();
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ ListRenderer.include({
      *   overflow
      */
     _squeezeTable: function () {
-        const table = this.el.getElementsByTagName('table')[0];
+        const table = this.el.getElementsByClassName('o_list_table')[0];
         const thead = table.getElementsByTagName('thead')[0];
         const thElements = [...thead.getElementsByTagName('th')];
         const columnWidths = thElements.map(th => th.offsetWidth);
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ ListRenderer.include({
 
         this.isResizing = true;
 
-        const table = this.el.getElementsByTagName('table')[0];
+        const table = this.el.getElementsByClassName('o_list_table')[0];
         const th = ev.target.closest('th');
         table.style.width = `${table.offsetWidth}px`;
         const thPosition = [...th.parentNode.children].indexOf(th);