diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
index a7e2833a20e..c20759f26f6 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/tree.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ openerp.base.TreeView = openerp.base.View.extend({
         });
         this.fields = fields_view.fields;
 
-        self.dataset.domain = [['parent_id', '=', '']];
         this.dataset.read_slice([], 0, false, function (response) {
             self.$element.html(QWeb.render('TreeView', {
                 "first_level": response,
diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
index 21e2589a236..be6e9963335 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -264,11 +264,11 @@ openerp.base.ViewManagerAction = openerp.base.ViewManager.extend({
     init: function(session, element_id, action) {
         var dataset;
         if (!action.res_id) {
-            dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(session, action.res_model, action.context || null);
+            dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetSearch(session, action.res_model, action.context || null, action.domain || null);
         } else {
             dataset = new openerp.base.DataSetStatic(session, action.res_model, {}, [action.res_id]);
             if (action.context) {
-                // TODO fme: should normalize all DataSets constructors to (session, model, context, ...)
+                // TODO fme: should normalize all DataSets constructors to (session, model, context, domain, ...)
                 dataset.context = action.context;
             }
         }