diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
index 8f6d7b628f6..b207f7f63d3 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ var KanbanRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
     },
     custom_events: _.extend({}, BasicRenderer.prototype.custom_events || {}, {
         close_quick_create: '_onCloseQuickCreate',
-        cancel_quick_create: '_onCloseQuickCreate',
+        cancel_quick_create: '_onCancelQuickCreate',
         set_progress_bar_state: '_onSetProgressBarState',
         start_quick_create: '_onStartQuickCreate',
         quick_create_column_updated: '_onQuickCreateColumnUpdated',
@@ -583,6 +583,12 @@ var KanbanRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
     // Handlers
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    _onCancelQuickCreate: function () {
+        this._toggleNoContentHelper();
+    },
     /**
      * Closes the opened quick create widgets in columns
      *
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
index c0a07c699fa..47c3862ba8f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -2282,6 +2282,39 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         kanban.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('quick create record: open on a column while another column has already one', async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(6);
+
+        var kanban = await createView({
+            View: KanbanView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch: '<kanban on_create="quick_create">' +
+                        '<templates><t t-name="kanban-box">' +
+                            '<div><field name="foo"/></div>' +
+                        '</t></templates>' +
+                    '</kanban>',
+            groupBy: ['product_id'],
+        });
+
+        // Click on quick create in first column
+        await testUtils.dom.click(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(1) .o_kanban_quick_add'));
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban, '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(1)'), '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+
+        // Click on quick create in second column
+        await testUtils.dom.click(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(2) .o_kanban_quick_add'));
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban, '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(2)'), '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+
+        // Click on quick create in first column once again
+        await testUtils.dom.click(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(1) .o_kanban_quick_add'));
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban, '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+        assert.containsOnce(kanban.$('.o_kanban_group:nth-child(1)'), '.o_kanban_quick_create');
+
+        kanban.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('many2many_tags in kanban views', async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(12);