diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_compiler.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_compiler.js
index 8d1bcbb79f8..aaf76f8588f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_compiler.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/form_compiler.js
@@ -356,23 +356,21 @@ export class FormCompiler extends ViewCompiler {
                 buttons.push(compiled);
             }
         }
-        if (buttons.length) {
-            let slotId = 0;
-            const statusBarButtons = createElement("StatusBarButtons");
-            statusBarButtons.setAttribute("readonly", "!props.record.isInEdition");
-            for (const button of buttons) {
-                const slot = createElement("t", {
-                    "t-set-slot": `button_${slotId++}`,
-                    isVisible: button.getAttribute("t-if") || true,
-                    displayInReadOnly:
-                        button.hasAttribute("className") &&
-                        button.getAttribute("className").includes("oe_read_only"),
-                });
-                append(slot, button);
-                append(statusBarButtons, slot);
-            }
-            append(statusBar, statusBarButtons);
+        let slotId = 0;
+        const statusBarButtons = createElement("StatusBarButtons");
+        statusBarButtons.setAttribute("readonly", "!props.record.isInEdition");
+        for (const button of buttons) {
+            const slot = createElement("t", {
+                "t-set-slot": `button_${slotId++}`,
+                isVisible: button.getAttribute("t-if") || true,
+                displayInReadOnly:
+                    button.hasAttribute("className") &&
+                    button.getAttribute("className").includes("oe_read_only"),
+            });
+            append(slot, button);
+            append(statusBarButtons, slot);
         }
+        append(statusBar, statusBarButtons);
         append(statusBar, others);
         return statusBar;
     }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/status_bar_buttons/status_bar_buttons.js b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/status_bar_buttons/status_bar_buttons.js
index e810ab75ca1..d525216b306 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/form/status_bar_buttons/status_bar_buttons.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/form/status_bar_buttons/status_bar_buttons.js
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ const { Component } = owl;
 
 export class StatusBarButtons extends Component {
     get visibleSlotNames() {
+        if (!this.props.slots) {
+            return [];
+        }
         return Object.entries(this.props.slots)
             .filter(
-                (entry) => entry[1].isVisible && (entry[1].displayInReadOnly ? this.props.readonly : true)
+                (entry) =>
+                    entry[1].isVisible && (entry[1].displayInReadOnly ? this.props.readonly : true)
             )
             .map((entry) => entry[0]);
     }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_compiler_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_compiler_tests.js
index f926300888c..01f44e24faa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_compiler_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_compiler_tests.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ QUnit.module("Form Compiler", () => {
         const expected = /*xml*/ `
             <t>
             <div t-att-class="props.class" t-attf-class="{{props.record.isInEdition ? 'o_form_editable' : 'o_form_readonly'}}" class="o_form_nosheet" t-ref="compiled_view_root">
-                <div class="o_form_statusbar"/>
+                <div class="o_form_statusbar"><StatusBarButtons readonly="!props.record.isInEdition"/></div>
                 <div>someDiv</div>
             </div>
             </t>`;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ QUnit.module("Form Compiler", () => {
             <t>
             <div t-att-class="props.class" t-attf-class="{{props.record.isInEdition ? 'o_form_editable' : 'o_form_readonly'}}" t-ref="compiled_view_root">
                 <div class="o_form_sheet_bg">
-                    <div class="o_form_statusbar"/>
+                    <div class="o_form_statusbar"><StatusBarButtons readonly="!props.record.isInEdition"/></div>
                     <div>someDiv</div>
                     <div class="o_form_sheet">
                         <div>inside sheet</div>
@@ -204,6 +204,38 @@ QUnit.module("Form Compiler", () => {
         `;
         assert.areContentEquivalent(compileTemplate(arch), expected);
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("properly compile status bar with content", (assert) => {
+        const arch = /*xml*/ `
+            <form>
+            <header><div>someDiv</div></header>
+            </form>`;
+
+        const expected = /*xml*/ `
+            <div class="o_form_statusbar">
+               <StatusBarButtons readonly="!props.record.isInEdition">
+                  <t t-set-slot="button_0" isVisible="true" displayInReadOnly="false">
+                     <div>someDiv</div>
+                  </t>
+               </StatusBarButtons>
+            </div>`;
+
+        assert.areContentEquivalent(compileTemplate(arch), expected);
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("properly compile status bar without content", (assert) => {
+        const arch = /*xml*/ `
+            <form>
+            <header></header>
+            </form>`;
+
+        const expected = /*xml*/ `
+            <div class="o_form_statusbar">
+               <StatusBarButtons readonly="!props.record.isInEdition"/>
+            </div>`;
+
+        assert.areContentEquivalent(compileTemplate(arch), expected);
+    });
 });
 
 QUnit.module("Form Renderer", (hooks) => {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_view_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_view_tests.js
index 02ac9107d7c..0e066ba5577 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_view_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/form/form_view_tests.js
@@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
         assert.containsNone(target, "label.o_form_label_empty:contains(timmy)");
     });
 
+    QUnit.test("status bar rendering without buttons", async (assert) => {
+        await makeView({
+            type: "form",
+            resModel: "partner",
+            serverData,
+            arch: `<form><header/><sheet/></form>`,
+            resId: 2,
+        });
+
+        assert.containsOnce(target, ".o_form_sheet_bg > .o_form_statusbar > .o_statusbar_buttons");
+    });
+
     QUnit.test("duplicate fields rendered properly", async function (assert) {
         await makeView({
             type: "form",