diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
index decaf1884b2..fe4ba14de71 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/abstract_controller.js
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ var AbstractController = AbstractAction.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
      */
     _onActionClicked: function (event) {
         event.preventDefault();
-        this.do_action(event.target.name);
+        this.do_action(event.currentTarget.name);
     },
     /**
      * Intercepts the 'switch_view' event to add the controllerID into the data,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/abstract_controller_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/abstract_controller_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9b7daa45dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/abstract_controller_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+odoo.define("base.abstract_controller_tests", function(require) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    var testUtils = require("web.test_utils");
+    var createView = testUtils.createView;
+    var BasicView = require("web.BasicView");
+    var BasicRenderer = require("web.BasicRenderer");
+
+    function getHtmlRenderer(html) {
+        return BasicRenderer.extend({
+            start: function() {
+                this.$el.html(html);
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+    function getHtmlView(html, viewType) {
+        viewType = viewType || "test";
+        return BasicView.extend({
+            viewType: viewType,
+            config: _.extend({}, BasicView.prototype.config, {
+                Renderer: getHtmlRenderer(html)
+            })
+        });
+    }
+
+    QUnit.module(
+        "Views",
+        {
+            beforeEach: function() {
+                this.data = {
+                    test_model: {
+                        fields: {},
+                        records: []
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        },
+        function() {
+
+            QUnit.module('AbstractController');
+
+            QUnit.test(
+                'click on a a[type="action"] child triggers the correct action',
+                function(assert) {
+                    assert.expect(3);
+
+                    var html =
+                        "<div>" +
+                            '<a name="a1" type="action" class="simple">simple</a>' +
+                            '<a name="a2" type="action" class="with-child">' +
+                                "<span>child</input>" +
+                            "</a>" +
+                        "</div>";
+
+                    var view = createView({
+                        View: getHtmlView(html, "test"),
+                        data: this.data,
+                        model: "test_model",
+                        arch: "<test/>",
+                        intercepts: {
+                            do_action: function(event) {
+                                assert.step(event.data.action);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                    view.$(".simple").click();
+                    view.$(".with-child span").click();
+                    assert.verifySteps(["a1", "a2"]);
+                }
+            );
+        }
+    );
+});
diff --git a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
index d4d0a1e8c37..6bd1bcfa12b 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/webclient_templates.xml
@@ -507,6 +507,7 @@
                 <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/fields/special_fields.js"></script>
                 <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/fields/upgrade_fields_tests.js"></script>
 
+                <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/views/abstract_controller_tests.js"></script>
                 <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/views/abstract_view_tests.js"></script>
                 <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/views/form_tests.js"></script>
                 <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/static/tests/views/graph_tests.js"></script>