diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
index 1a690d1cc72..882c258631e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
@@ -971,10 +971,21 @@ function makeActionManager(env) {
             report_url: _getReportUrl(action, "html"),
             context: Object.assign({}, action.context),
         });
-        const clientActionOptions = Object.assign({}, options, {
-            props,
+
+        const controller = {
+            jsId: `controller_${++id}`,
+            // for historical reasons, the report Component is a client action,
+            // but there's no need to keep this when it will be converted to owl.
+            Component: actionRegistry.get("report.client_action"),
+            action,
+            ..._getActionInfo(action, props),
+        };
+
+        return _updateUI(controller, {
+            clearBreadcrumbs: options.clearBreadcrumbs,
+            stackPosition: options.stackPosition,
+            onClose: options.onClose,
         });
-        return doAction("report.client_action", clientActionOptions);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/report_action_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/report_action_tests.js
index b996a8077c1..cc4d38bd7c0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/report_action_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/report_action_tests.js
@@ -354,4 +354,24 @@ QUnit.module("ActionManager", (hooks) => {
         assert.verifySteps(["/report/check_wkhtmltopdf", "/report/download"]);
         testUtils.mock.unpatch(ReportClientAction);
     });
+
+    QUnit.test("url is valid", async (assert) => {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        patchWithCleanup(ReportClientAction.prototype, {
+            init() {
+                this._super(...arguments);
+                this.report_url = "about:blank";
+            },
+        });
+
+        const webClient = await createWebClient({ serverData });
+
+        await doAction(webClient, 12); // 12 is a html report action in serverData
+
+        const hash = webClient.router.current.hash;
+        // used to put report.client_action in the url
+        assert.strictEqual(hash.action === "report.client_action", false);
+        assert.strictEqual(hash.action === 12, true);
+    });
 });