diff --git a/addons/stock/models/stock_quant.py b/addons/stock/models/stock_quant.py
index aa96b3f2574..201659367d4 100644
--- a/addons/stock/models/stock_quant.py
+++ b/addons/stock/models/stock_quant.py
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ class QuantPackage(models.Model):
     _order = 'name'
 
     name = fields.Char(
-        'Package Reference', copy=False, index='trigram',
+        'Package Reference', copy=False, index='trigram', required=True,
         default=lambda self: self.env['ir.sequence'].next_by_code('stock.quant.package') or _('Unknown Pack'))
     quant_ids = fields.One2many('stock.quant', 'package_id', 'Bulk Content', readonly=True,
         domain=['|', ('quantity', '!=', 0), ('reserved_quantity', '!=', 0)])