diff --git a/addons/project/models/project.py b/addons/project/models/project.py
index 0c858d7f054..46262d3e874 100644
--- a/addons/project/models/project.py
+++ b/addons/project/models/project.py
@@ -2373,6 +2373,15 @@ class Task(models.Model):
             res.update(super(Task, leftover)._notify_get_reply_to(default=default))
         return res
 
+    def _ensure_personal_stages(self):
+        user = self.env.user
+        ProjectTaskTypeSudo = self.env['project.task.type'].sudo()
+        # In the case no stages have been found, we create the default stages for the user
+        if not ProjectTaskTypeSudo.search_count([('user_id', '=', user.id)], limit=1):
+            ProjectTaskTypeSudo.with_context(lang=user.lang, default_project_id=False).create(
+                self.with_context(lang=user.lang)._get_default_personal_stage_create_vals(user.id)
+            )
+
     def email_split(self, msg):
         email_list = tools.email_split((msg.get('to') or '') + ',' + (msg.get('cc') or ''))
         # check left-part is not already an alias
diff --git a/addons/project/tests/test_personal_stages.py b/addons/project/tests/test_personal_stages.py
index 06cd7164a89..bdc929e0bf4 100644
--- a/addons/project/tests/test_personal_stages.py
+++ b/addons/project/tests/test_personal_stages.py
@@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ class TestPersonalStages(TestProjectCommon):
         self.assertEqual(1, total_stage_0)
         self.assertEqual(1, total_stage_1)
 
+    def test_default_personal_stage(self):
+        user_without_stage, user_with_stages = self.env['res.users'].create([{
+            'login': 'test_no_stage',
+            'name': "Test User without stage",
+        }, {
+            'login': 'test_stages',
+            'name': "Test User with stages",
+        }])
+        personal_stage = self.env['project.task.type'].create({
+            'name': 'personal stage',
+            'user_id': user_with_stages.id,
+        })
+        ProjectTaskTypeSudo = self.env['project.task.type'].sudo()
+        # ensure that a user without personal stage is getting the default stages
+        self.task_1.with_user(user_without_stage)._ensure_personal_stages()
+        stages = ProjectTaskTypeSudo.search([('user_id', '=', user_without_stage.id)])
+        self.assertEqual(len(stages), 7, "As this user had no personal stage, the default ones should have been created for him")
+        # ensure that the user's personal stages are not changing if the user already had some
+        self.task_1.with_user(user_with_stages)._ensure_personal_stages()
+        stages = ProjectTaskTypeSudo.search([('user_id', '=', user_with_stages.id)])
+        self.assertEqual(stages, personal_stage, "As this user already had a personal stage, none should be added")
+
 @tagged('-at_install', 'post_install')
 class TestPersonalStageTour(HttpCase, TestProjectCommon):
 
diff --git a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
index 90331343c0a..cfbd1a9d345 100644
--- a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
+++ b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
@@ -1770,8 +1770,17 @@
             <field name="view_id" ref="view_task_all_calendar"/>
         </record>
 
+        <record id="action_server_view_my_task" model="ir.actions.server">
+            <field name="name">menu view My Tasks</field>
+            <field name="model_id" ref="project.model_project_task"/>
+            <field name="state">code</field>
+            <field name="code">
+                model._ensure_personal_stages(); action = env["ir.actions.actions"]._for_xml_id("project.action_view_my_task")
+            </field>
+        </record>
+
         <menuitem name="My Tasks" id="menu_project_management" parent="menu_main_pm"
-            action="action_view_my_task" sequence="2" groups="group_project_user"/>
+            action="action_server_view_my_task" sequence="2" groups="group_project_user"/>
 
         <menuitem name="All Tasks" id="menu_project_management_all_tasks" parent="menu_main_pm"
             action="action_view_all_task" sequence="2" groups="group_project_user"/>