diff --git a/addons/product/product_view.xml b/addons/product/product_view.xml
index 2301df63279..2c76bf0792d 100644
--- a/addons/product/product_view.xml
+++ b/addons/product/product_view.xml
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <form string="Product Variant" version="7.0">
                     <group col="4">
-                        <field name="product_tmpl_id"/>
+                        <field name="product_tmpl_id" context="{'search_variants': 1}"/>
                         <field name="active"/>
                         <field name="variants" required="1"/>
                         <field name="default_code"/>