diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_properties.py b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_properties.py
index c3afce57d5f..9e7f658e5b0 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_properties.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_new_api/tests/test_properties.py
@@ -2014,6 +2014,11 @@ class PropertiesSearchCase(TestPropertiesMixin):
                 with self.assertRaises(UserError), self.assertQueryCount(0):
                     self.env['test_new_api.message'].search(domain=[], order=order)
 
+    @mute_logger('odoo.fields')
+    def test_properties_field_search(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            self.env['test_new_api.message'].search([('attributes', '=', '"Test"')])
+
 
 class PropertiesGroupByCase(TestPropertiesMixin):
     @classmethod
diff --git a/odoo/osv/expression.py b/odoo/osv/expression.py
index dc887ec550e..7dcb49fd46c 100644
--- a/odoo/osv/expression.py
+++ b/odoo/osv/expression.py
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ class expression(object):
                     push(dom_leaf, model, alias)
 
             elif field.type == 'properties':
-                if len(path) != 2 and "." in path[1]:
+                if len(path) != 2 or "." in path[1]:
                     raise ValueError(f"Wrong path {path}")
                 elif operator not in ('=', '!=', '>', '>=', '<', '<=', 'in', 'not in', 'like', 'ilike', 'not like', 'not ilike'):
                     raise ValueError(f"Wrong search operator {operator!r}")