diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_manager.js
index a351a813263..490b2d5cfba 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_manager.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ var _t = core._t;
 
 var ViewManager = Widget.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
     className: "o_view_manager_content",
+    custom_events: {
+        get_controller_context: '_onGetControllerContext',
+    },
     /**
      * Called each time the view manager is attached into the DOM
      */
@@ -474,6 +477,25 @@ var ViewManager = Widget.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
         }
         return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
     },
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Handlers
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    // ONLY FORWARDPORT THIS COMMIT UP TO SAAS-15
+    /**
+     * Handles a context request: provides to the caller the context of the
+     * active view.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     * @param {function} ev.data.callback used to send the requested context
+     */
+    _onGetControllerContext: function (ev) {
+        var controller = this.active_view && this.active_view.controller;
+        var context = controller && controller.get_context();
+        ev.data.callback(context);
+    },
 });
 
 return ViewManager;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_common.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_common.js
index 16e8c088368..f5853475231 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_common.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_common.js
@@ -976,6 +976,9 @@ var SelectCreateListView = ListView.extend({
  * Search dialog (displays a list of records and permits to create a new one by switching to a form view)
  */
 var SelectCreateDialog = ViewDialog.extend({
+    custom_events: {
+        get_controller_context: '_onGetControllerContext',
+    },
     /**
      * options:
      * - initial_ids
@@ -1106,6 +1109,23 @@ var SelectCreateDialog = ViewDialog.extend({
         return new FormViewDialog(this.__parentedParent, this.options).open();
     },
     on_view_list_loaded: function() {},
+
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Handlers
+    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Handles a context request: provides to the caller the context of the
+     * list view.
+     *
+     * @private
+     * @param {OdooEvent} ev
+     * @param {function} ev.data.callback used to send the requested context
+     */
+    _onGetControllerContext: function (ev) {
+        var context = this.view_list.get_context();
+        ev.data.callback(context);
+    },
 });
 
 var DomainEditorDialog = SelectCreateDialog.extend({
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/search_menus.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/search_menus.js
index a8ce7274256..6c7069312aa 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/search_menus.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/search_menus.js
@@ -93,13 +93,15 @@ return Widget.extend({
             this.$inputs.first().focus();
             return;
         }
-        var search = this.searchview.build_search_data(),
-            view_manager = this.findAncestor(function (a) {
-                // HORRIBLE HACK. PLEASE SAVE ME FROM MYSELF (BUT IN A PAINLESS WAY IF POSSIBLE)
-                return 'active_view' in a;
-            }),
-            view_context = view_manager ? view_manager.active_view.controller.get_context() : {},
-            results = pyeval.sync_eval_domains_and_contexts({
+        var search = this.searchview.build_search_data();
+        // ONLY FORWARDPORT THIS COMMIT UP TO SAAS-15
+        var view_context;
+        this.trigger_up('get_controller_context', {
+            callback: function (ctx) {
+                view_context = ctx;
+            },
+        });
+        var results = pyeval.sync_eval_domains_and_contexts({
                 domains: search.domains,
                 contexts: search.contexts.concat(view_context || []),
                 group_by_seq: search.groupbys || [],