diff --git a/addons/product/views/product_views.xml b/addons/product/views/product_views.xml
index cb1043411e9..536d5bc9be9 100644
--- a/addons/product/views/product_views.xml
+++ b/addons/product/views/product_views.xml
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
             <field name="name">Product Variants</field>
             <field name="type">ir.actions.act_window</field>
             <field name="res_model">product.product</field>
-            <field name="context">{'search_default_product_tmpl_id': [active_id], 'default_product_tmpl_id': active_id}</field>
+            <field name="context">{'search_default_product_tmpl_id': [active_id], 'default_product_tmpl_id': active_id, 'create': False}</field>
             <field name="search_view_id" ref="product_search_form_view"/>
             <field name="view_ids"
                    eval="[(5, 0, 0),