diff --git a/addons/mrp/models/res_config_settings.py b/addons/mrp/models/res_config_settings.py
index 5e47515b1f3..dcda06cb4c2 100644
--- a/addons/mrp/models/res_config_settings.py
+++ b/addons/mrp/models/res_config_settings.py
@@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ class ResConfigSettings(models.TransientModel):
 
     @api.onchange('group_mrp_routings')
     def _onchange_group_mrp_routings(self):
-        self.module_mrp_workorder = self.group_mrp_routings
+        # If we activate 'MRP Work Orders', it means that we need to install 'mrp_workorder'.
+        # The opposite is not always true: other modules (such as 'quality_mrp_workorder') may
+        # depend on 'mrp_workorder', so we should not automatically uninstall the module if 'MRP
+        # Work Orders' is deactivated.
+        # Long story short: if 'mrp_workorder' is already installed, we don't uninstall it based on
+        # group_mrp_routings
+        if self.group_mrp_routings:
+            self.module_mrp_workorder = True
+        elif not self.env['ir.module.module'].search([('name', '=', 'mrp_workorder'), ('state', '=', 'installed')]):
+            self.module_mrp_workorder = False