diff --git a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
index 7518cf88aa6..0a37dbe2a23 100644
--- a/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr/views/hr_employee_views.xml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
             <field name="view_mode">kanban,form,tree</field>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="view_employee_filter"/>
             <field name="context">{
-                "search_default_department_id": [active_id],
+                "searchpanel_default_department_id": active_id,
                 "default_department_id": active_id}
             </field>
             <field name="help" type="html">