diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/js/views/activity/activity_controller.js b/addons/mail/static/src/js/views/activity/activity_controller.js
index ede639a80fd..653596f5127 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/js/views/activity/activity_controller.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/js/views/activity/activity_controller.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ var ActivityController = BasicController.extend({
             res_model: state.model,
             domain: this.model.originalDomain,
             title: _.str.sprintf(_t("Search: %s"), this.renderer.arch.attrs.string),
+            no_create: !this.activeActions.create,
             disable_multiple_selection: true,
             on_selected: function (record) {
                 var fakeRecord = self.renderer.getKanbanActivityData({}, record[0]);
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
index d317d7b0f9d..ddae4f21642 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ actual arch.
                         not self._context.get("create", True) and is_base_model):
                     node.set("create", 'false')
 
-        if node.tag in ('kanban', 'tree', 'form', 'gantt'):
+        if node.tag in ('kanban', 'tree', 'form', 'gantt', 'activity'):
             for action, operation in (('create', 'create'), ('delete', 'unlink'), ('edit', 'write')):
                 if (not node.get(action) and
                         not Model.check_access_rights(operation, raise_exception=False) or
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/rng/activity_view.rng b/odoo/addons/base/rng/activity_view.rng
index 8109bb0e444..4560d03565e 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/rng/activity_view.rng
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/rng/activity_view.rng
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <define name="activity">
         <element name="activity">
             <attribute name="string"/>
+            <optional><attribute name="create"/></optional>
             <interleave>
                 <zeroOrMore><ref name="field"/></zeroOrMore>
                 <optional>