diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/emoji_list/emoji_list.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/emoji_list/emoji_list.xml
index a7909c2efc5..0d73262d361 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/emoji_list/emoji_list.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/emoji_list/emoji_list.xml
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 
     <t t-name="mail.EmojiList" owl="1">
         <div class="o_EmojiList" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
-            <t t-foreach="emojis" t-as="emoji" t-key="emoji.unicode">
-                <span class="o_EmojiList_emoji" t-on-click="ev => emojiListView.onClickEmoji(ev)" t-att-title="emoji.description" t-att-data-source="emoji.sources[0]" t-att-data-unicode="emoji.unicode">
-                    <t t-esc="emoji.unicode"/>
-                </span>
+            <t t-if="emojiListView">
+                <t t-foreach="emojis" t-as="emoji" t-key="emoji.unicode">
+                    <span class="o_EmojiList_emoji" t-on-click="ev => emojiListView.onClickEmoji(ev)" t-att-title="emoji.description" t-att-data-source="emoji.sources[0]" t-att-data-unicode="emoji.unicode">
+                        <t t-esc="emoji.unicode"/>
+                    </span>
+                </t>
             </t>
         </div>
     </t>