diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
index f3ae08c67ff..272586ba4db 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
@@ -3930,6 +3930,10 @@ class TestValidationTools(common.BaseCase):
             view_validation.get_expression_field_names("(datetime.datetime.combine(context_today(), datetime.time(x,y,z)).to_utc()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"),
             {'x', 'y', 'z'},
         )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            view_validation.get_expression_field_names("set(field).intersection([1, 2])"),
+            {'field'},
+        )
 
 class TestAccessRights(common.TransactionCase):
 
diff --git a/odoo/tools/view_validation.py b/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
index 410f016532a..4279ce4d505 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/view_validation.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ IGNORED_IN_EXPRESSION = {
     'float',
     'str',
     'unicode',
+    'set',
 }