diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
index bf2081d157b..a51fc911a99 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/view_manager.js
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ var ViewManager = Widget.extend(ControlPanelMixin, {
                     self.trigger('switch_mode', view_type, view_options);
                 }).fail(function(e) {
                     if (!(e && e.code === 200 && e.data.exception_type)) {
-                        self.do_warn(_t("Error"), view.controller.display_name + _t(" view couldn't be loaded"));
+                        self.do_warn(_t("Error"), view.label + _t(" view couldn't be loaded"));
                     }
                     // Restore internal state
                     self.active_view = old_view;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
index d897a74c696..1ace44be50f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
@@ -1399,7 +1399,8 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
      * @param {string} [optinos.viewType] the type of view for which the record
      *   is fetched (usefull to load the adequate fields), by defaults, uses
      *   record.viewType
-     * @returns {Deferred -> Object} resolves to the record
+     * @returns {Deferred -> Object} resolves to the record or is rejected in
+     *   case no id given were valid ids
      */
     _fetchRecord: function (record, options) {
         var self = this;
@@ -1412,6 +1413,9 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                 context: _.extend({}, record.context, {bin_size: true}),
             })
             .then(function (result) {
+                if (result.length === 0) {
+                    return $.Deferred().reject();
+                }
                 result = result[0];
                 record.data = _.extend({}, record.data, result);
             })
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/mock_server.js b/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/mock_server.js
index 29e53c735a7..b3d92f379c7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/mock_server.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/helpers/mock_server.js
@@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ var MockServer = Class.extend({
             ids = [ids];
         }
         var fields = args[1] && args[1].length ? _.uniq(args[1].concat(['id'])) : Object.keys(this.data[model].fields);
-        var results = _.map(ids, function (id) {
-            var record = _.findWhere(self.data[model].records, {id: id});
-            if (!record) {
-                throw "mock read: id does not exist...";
-            }
+        var records = _.reduce(ids, function (records, id) {
+            var record =  _.findWhere(self.data[model].records, {id: id});
+            return record ? records.concat(record) : records
+        }, []);
+        var results = _.map(records, function (record) {
             var result = {};
             for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
                 var field = self.data[model].fields[fields[i]];
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/views/basic_model_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/views/basic_model_tests.js
index ca2f6f37f3e..cbe04f5b43b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/views/basic_model_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/views/basic_model_tests.js
@@ -92,6 +92,23 @@ QUnit.module('Views', {
         model.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('rejects loading a record with invalid id', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        this.params.res_id = 99;
+
+        var model = createModel({
+            Model: BasicModel,
+            data: this.data,
+        });
+
+        model.load(this.params).always(function (error) {
+            assert.strictEqual(this.state(), 'rejected',
+                "load should return a rejected deferred for an invalid id")
+        });
+        model.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('notify change with many2one', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(2);