diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
index 38a96f04bca..6bf2bdc29c6 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/list/list_editable_renderer.js
@@ -128,8 +128,11 @@ ListRenderer.include({
      */
     on_attach_callback: function () {
         this.isInDOM = true;
-        this._freezeColumnWidths();
         this._super();
+        // _freezeColumnWidths requests style information, which produces a
+        // repaint, so we call it after _super to prevent flickering (in case
+        // other code would also modify the DOM post rendering/before repaint)
+        this._freezeColumnWidths();
     },
     /**
      * The list renderer needs to know if it is in the DOM to properly compute