diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
index 0f90ed2577f..d843463bb86 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/views/list/list_renderer.xml
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@
                         <td t-if="hasSelectors"/>
                         <t t-foreach="state.columns" t-as="column" t-key="column.id">
                             <t t-set="aggregate" t-value="aggregates[column.name]"/>
-                            <td t-if="aggregate" class="o_list_number text-end" t-att-data-tooltip="aggregate.help">
-                                <t t-esc="aggregate.value"/>
+                            <td t-if="aggregate" class="o_list_number text-end" >
+                                <span t-esc="aggregate.value" t-att-data-tooltip="aggregate.help"/>
                             </td>
                             <td t-else=""/>
                         </t>
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
index c48fd89a25d..8b652fc3f50 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/list_view_tests.js
@@ -3418,7 +3418,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
         });
 
         assert.strictEqual(
-            target.querySelector('td[data-tooltip="Sum"]').innerText,
+            target.querySelector('span[data-tooltip="Sum"]').innerText,
             "32",
             "current total should be 32"
         );
@@ -3427,7 +3427,7 @@ QUnit.module("Views", (hooks) => {
         await editInput(target, "td.o_data_cell input", "15");
 
         assert.strictEqual(
-            target.querySelector('td[data-tooltip="Sum"]').innerText,
+            target.querySelector('span[data-tooltip="Sum"]').innerText,
             "37",
             "current total should be 37"
         );