diff --git a/addons/spreadsheet/static/src/data_sources/display_name_repository.js b/addons/spreadsheet/static/src/data_sources/display_name_repository.js
index b8508f85851..755fe2cbad1 100644
--- a/addons/spreadsheet/static/src/data_sources/display_name_repository.js
+++ b/addons/spreadsheet/static/src/data_sources/display_name_repository.js
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ export class DisplayNameRepository {
         if (!this._displayNames[model]) {
             this._displayNames[model] = {};
         }
+        const deferred = new Deferred();
+        deferred.resolve(displayName);
         this._displayNames[model][id] = {
             state: "COMPLETED",
-            deferred: new Deferred().resolve(displayName),
+            deferred,
             value: displayName,
         };
     }
diff --git a/addons/spreadsheet/static/tests/data_fetching/metadata_repository_test.js b/addons/spreadsheet/static/tests/data_fetching/metadata_repository_test.js
index bdbd69532b8..900ee5963cc 100644
--- a/addons/spreadsheet/static/tests/data_fetching/metadata_repository_test.js
+++ b/addons/spreadsheet/static/tests/data_fetching/metadata_repository_test.js
@@ -127,6 +127,32 @@ QUnit.module("spreadsheet > Metadata Repository", {}, () => {
         assert.verifySteps(["name_get-A-[2]"]);
     });
 
+    QUnit.test(
+        "Assigning a result after triggering the request should not crash",
+        async function (assert) {
+            const orm = {
+                silent: {
+                    call: async (model, method, args) => {
+                        const ids = args[0];
+                        assert.step(`${method}-${model}-[${ids.join(",")}]`);
+                        return ids.map((id) => [id, id.toString()]);
+                    },
+                },
+            };
+
+            const metadataRepository = new MetadataRepository(orm);
+
+            assert.throws(() => metadataRepository.getRecordDisplayName("A", 1));
+            assert.verifySteps([]);
+            metadataRepository.setDisplayName("A", 1, "test");
+            assert.strictEqual(metadataRepository.getRecordDisplayName("A", 1), "test");
+
+            await nextTick();
+            assert.verifySteps(["name_get-A-[1]"]);
+            assert.strictEqual(metadataRepository.getRecordDisplayName("A", 1), "1");
+        }
+    );
+
     QUnit.test(
         "Name_get will retry with one id by request in case of failure",
         async function (assert) {