diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
index c4627efc605..2859c30b3e5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/search.js
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ instance.web.SearchView = instance.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends instance.web.Sea
 
         this.filter_menu = undefined;
         this.groupby_menu = undefined;
-        this.favorite_menu = undefined
+        this.favorite_menu = undefined;
+        this.action_id = this.options && this.options.action && this.options.action.id;
     },    
     start: function() {
         if (this.headless) {
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ instance.web.SearchView = instance.web.Widget.extend(/** @lends instance.web.Sea
 
             this.groupby_menu = new my.GroupByMenu(this, this.groupbys, fields_def);
             this.filter_menu = new my.FilterMenu(this, this.filters, fields_def);
-            this.favorite_menu = new my.FavoriteMenu(this, this.query, this.dataset.model);
+            this.favorite_menu = new my.FavoriteMenu(this, this.query, this.dataset.model, this.action_id);
 
             this.filter_menu.appendTo(this.$buttons);
             this.groupby_menu.appendTo(this.$buttons);
@@ -1581,7 +1582,7 @@ instance.web.search.FavoriteMenu = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             this.close_menus();
         },
     },
-    init: function (parent, query, target_model) {
+    init: function (parent, query, target_model, action_id) {
         this._super.apply(this,arguments);
         this.searchview = parent;
         this.query = query;
@@ -1589,8 +1590,7 @@ instance.web.search.FavoriteMenu = instance.web.Widget.extend({
         this.model = new instance.web.Model('ir.filters');
         this.filters = {};
         this.$filters = {};
-        var action = instance.client.action_manager.inner_action;
-        this.action_id = action && action.id;
+        this.action_id = action_id;
     },
     start: function () {
         var self = this;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index 1c41b043bf4..35c424ceb9f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
             hidden: this.flags.search_view === false,
             disable_custom_filters: this.flags.search_disable_custom_filters,
             $buttons: this.$('.oe-search-options'),
+            action: this.action,
         };
         var SearchView = instance.web.SearchView;
         this.searchview = new SearchView(this, this.dataset, view_id, search_defaults, options);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/search.js b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
index d5d2eedf74f..5ec460873f8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/search.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/search.js
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.filters.saved', {
     templates: true
 }, function (test) {
     test('checkboxing', {asserts: 6}, function (instance, $fix, mock) {
-        var view = makeSearchView(instance);
+        var view = makeSearchView(instance, undefined, undefined, {action: {id: 1}});
         mock('ir.filters:get_filters', function () {
             return [{ name: "filter name", user_id: 42 }];
         });
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.filters.saved', {
             });
     });
     test('toggling', {asserts: 2}, function (instance, $fix, mock) {
-        var view = makeSearchView(instance);
+        var view = makeSearchView(instance, undefined, undefined, {action: {id: 1}});
         mock('ir.filters:get_filters', function () {
             return [{name: 'filter name', user_id: 42, id: 1}];
         });
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ openerp.testing.section('search.filters.saved', {
             });
     });
     test('replacement', {asserts: 4}, function (instance, $fix, mock) {
-        var view = makeSearchView(instance);
+        var view = makeSearchView(instance, undefined, undefined, {action: {id: 1}});
         mock('ir.filters:get_filters', function () {
             return [
                 {name: 'f', user_id: 42, id: 1, context: {'private': 1}},