diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_controller.js
index 8e2222be3a9..8a779becdea 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_controller.js
@@ -82,24 +82,6 @@ var KanbanController = BasicController.extend({
         }
         return this.renderer.updateRecord(this.model.get(id));
     },
-    /**
-     * The column quick create should be displayed in kanban iff grouped by an
-     * m2o field and group_create action enabled.
-     *
-     * @private
-     * @param {Object} state the current state
-     * @returns {boolean}
-     */
-    _isCreateColumnEnabled: function (state) {
-        var groupCreate = this.is_action_enabled('group_create');
-        if (!groupCreate) {
-            // pre-return to avoid a lot of the following processing
-            return false;
-        }
-        var groupByField = state.fields[state.groupedBy[0]];
-        var groupedByM2o = groupByField && (groupByField.type === 'many2one');
-        return !!groupedByM2o;
-    },
     /**
      * This method calls the server to ask for a resequence.  Note that this
      * does not rerender the user interface, because in most case, the
@@ -136,7 +118,7 @@ var KanbanController = BasicController.extend({
     _updateButtons: function () {
         if (this.$buttons) {
             var state = this.model.get(this.handle, {raw: true});
-            var createHidden = state.data.length === 0 && this._isCreateColumnEnabled(state);
+            var createHidden = this.is_action_enabled('group_create') && state.isGroupedByM2ONoColumn;
             this.$buttons.find('.o-kanban-button-new').toggleClass('o_hidden', createHidden);
         }
     },
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_model.js
index 676dfdfac86..15d6284cfad 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_model.js
@@ -131,7 +131,11 @@ var KanbanModel = BasicModel.extend({
         });
     },
     /**
-     * Add the key `tooltipData` (kanban specific) when performing a `geŧ`.
+     * Add the following (kanban specific) keys when performing a `get`:
+     * 
+     *  - tooltipData
+     *  - progressBarValues
+     *  - isGroupedByM2ONoColumn
      *
      * @override
      * @see _readTooltipFields
@@ -140,11 +144,19 @@ var KanbanModel = BasicModel.extend({
     get: function () {
         var result = this._super.apply(this, arguments);
         var dp = result && this.localData[result.id];
-        if (dp && dp.tooltipData) {
-            result.tooltipData = $.extend(true, {}, dp.tooltipData);
-        }
-        if (dp && dp.progressBarValues) {
-            result.progressBarValues = $.extend(true, {}, dp.progressBarValues);
+        if (dp) {
+            if (dp.tooltipData) {
+                result.tooltipData = $.extend(true, {}, dp.tooltipData);
+            }
+            if (dp.progressBarValues) {
+                result.progressBarValues = $.extend(true, {}, dp.progressBarValues);
+            }
+            if (dp.fields[dp.groupedBy[0]]) {
+                var groupedByM2O = dp.fields[dp.groupedBy[0]].type === 'many2one';
+                result.isGroupedByM2ONoColumn = !dp.data.length && groupedByM2O;
+            } else {
+                result.isGroupedByM2ONoColumn = false;
+            }
         }
         return result;
     },
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 4236ce74da4..913a4257257 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/kanban/kanban_renderer.js
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ var KanbanRenderer = BasicRenderer.extend({
             !remove &&
             !this._hasContent() &&
             !!this.noContentHelp &&
-            !(this.quickCreate && !this.quickCreate.folded);
+            !(this.quickCreate && !this.quickCreate.folded) &&
+            !this.state.isGroupedByM2ONoColumn;
 
         var $noContentHelper = this.$('.o_view_nocontent');
 
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
index 12ffe1ae3d2..72b0bd84c7c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/kanban_tests.js
@@ -2464,8 +2464,8 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
             "there should be no columns");
         assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_kanban_record').length, 0,
             "there should be no records");
-        assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_view_nocontent').length, 1,
-            "there should be a nocontent helper");
+        assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_view_nocontent').length, 0,
+            "there should not be a nocontent helper");
         assert.strictEqual(kanban.$('.o_column_quick_create').length, 0,
             "there should not be a column quick create");
         kanban.destroy();