diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_new_fields.py b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_new_fields.py
index e351d9ef19d..4f14974ec44 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_new_fields.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_new_fields.py
@@ -3260,6 +3260,14 @@ class TestHtmlField(common.TransactionCase):
         self.assertEqual(record.comment5, '',
                          "should be sanitized (not in groups)")
 
+        # extra test with new record having 'record' as origin
+        new_record = record.new(origin=record)
+        new_record.with_user(bypass_user).comment5
+
+        # this was causing an infinite recursion (see explanation in fields.py)
+        new_record.invalidate_recordset()
+        new_record.with_user(internal_user).comment5
+
 
 class TestMagicFields(common.TransactionCase):
 
diff --git a/odoo/fields.py b/odoo/fields.py
index 0528555ec27..72ae89920cb 100644
--- a/odoo/fields.py
+++ b/odoo/fields.py
@@ -2002,7 +2002,11 @@ class Html(_String):
             if record.user_has_groups('base.group_sanitize_override'):
                 return value
 
-            original_value = record[self.name]
+            # This may cause an infinite recursion when accessing the field on a
+            # new record. Indeed, if record has no value in cache, we default
+            # on the field's value on record._origin and convert it to the
+            # cache format, which ends up here, accessing the field on record!
+            original_value = record[self.name] if record.id else None
             if original_value:
                 # Note that sanitize also normalize
                 original_value_sanitized = html_sanitize(original_value, **sanitize_vals)