diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
index 09b264be0b5..7b5cd87daaa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_renderer.js
@@ -484,15 +484,18 @@ var BasicRenderer = AbstractRenderer.extend({
         // Update the modifiers registration by associating the widget and by
         // giving the modifiers options now (as the potential callback is
         // associated to new widget)
-        this._registerModifiers(node, record, widget, _.extend({
-            callback: (function (element, modifiers, record) {
-                element.$el.toggleClass('o_field_empty', !!(
-                    record.data.id
-                    && (modifiers.readonly || this.mode === 'readonly')
-                    && !element.widget.isSet()
-                ));
-            }).bind(this),
-        }, modifiersOptions || {}));
+        var self = this;
+        def.then(function () {
+            self._registerModifiers(node, record, widget, _.extend({
+                callback: function (element, modifiers, record) {
+                    element.$el.toggleClass('o_field_empty', !!(
+                        record.data.id
+                        && (modifiers.readonly || self.mode === 'readonly')
+                        && !element.widget.isSet()
+                    ));
+                },
+            }, modifiersOptions || {}));
+        });
 
         return widget;
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
index 5b5cb002412..5fdcb2b1ae3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ odoo.define('web.form_tests', function (require) {
 var concurrency = require('web.concurrency');
 var config = require('web.config');
 var core = require('web.core');
+var fieldRegistry = require('web.field_registry');
 var FormView = require('web.FormView');
 var testUtils = require('web.test_utils');
 
@@ -305,6 +306,41 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('asynchronous fields can be set invisible', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        var def = $.Deferred();
+
+        // we choose this widget because it is a quite simple widget with a non
+        // empty qweb template
+        var PercentPieWidget = fieldRegistry.get('percentpie');
+        fieldRegistry.add('asyncwidget', PercentPieWidget.extend({
+            willStart: function () {
+                return def;
+            },
+        }));
+
+        createAsyncView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<form string="Partners">' +
+                    '<sheet><group>' +
+                        '<field name="foo"/>' +
+                        '<field name="int_field" invisible="1" widget="asyncwidget"/>' +
+                    '</group></sheet>' +
+                '</form>',
+            res_id: 1,
+        }).then(function (form) {
+            assert.ok(form.$('.o_field_widget[name="int_field"]').hasClass('o_invisible_modifier'),
+                'int_field is invisible');
+            form.destroy();
+            delete fieldRegistry.map.asyncwidget;
+        });
+        def.resolve();
+    });
+
+
     QUnit.test('properly handle modifiers and attributes on notebook tags', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(2);