diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_relational_widgets.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_relational_widgets.js
index 1dd61553ca2..7c2a704ca35 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_relational_widgets.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_relational_widgets.js
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ var FieldMany2One = common.AbstractField.extend(common.CompletionFieldMixin, com
         });
 
         // avoid ignoring autocomplete="off" by obfuscating placeholder, see #30439
-        if (this.$input.attr('placeholder')) {
+        if ($.browser.chrome && this.$input.attr('placeholder')) {
             this.$input.attr('placeholder', function (index, val) {
                 return val.split('').join('\ufeff');
             });