diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
index 385fbeb6f23..c42646ea186 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import ast
 import collections
 import datetime
+import functools
 import inspect
 import json
 import logging
@@ -2195,7 +2196,13 @@ class NameManager:
 
     @lazy_property
     def field_info(self):
-        return self.model.fields_get()
+        field_info = self.model.fields_get()
+        has_access = functools.partial(self.model.check_access_rights, raise_exception=False)
+        if not (has_access('write') or has_access('create')):
+            for info in field_info.vals():
+                info['readonly'] = True
+                info['states'] = {}
+        return field_info
 
     def has_field(self, name, info=frozendict()):
         self.available_fields[name].update(info)
diff --git a/odoo/fields.py b/odoo/fields.py
index 3c73428c535..bdf2ea0082b 100644
--- a/odoo/fields.py
+++ b/odoo/fields.py
@@ -793,10 +793,12 @@ class Field(MetaField('DummyField', (object,), {})):
     # Field description
     #
 
-    def get_description(self, env):
+    def get_description(self, env, attributes=None):
         """ Return a dictionary that describes the field ``self``. """
-        desc = {'type': self.type}
+        desc = {}
         for attr, prop in self.description_attrs:
+            if attributes is not None and attr not in attributes:
+                continue
             value = getattr(self, prop)
             if callable(value):
                 value = value(env)
@@ -806,6 +808,8 @@ class Field(MetaField('DummyField', (object,), {})):
         return desc
 
     # properties used by get_description()
+    _description_name = property(attrgetter('name'))
+    _description_type = property(attrgetter('type'))
     _description_store = property(attrgetter('store'))
     _description_manual = property(attrgetter('manual'))
     _description_related = property(attrgetter('related'))
diff --git a/odoo/models.py b/odoo/models.py
index ab16f1c40f7..60720e79c73 100644
--- a/odoo/models.py
+++ b/odoo/models.py
@@ -3195,9 +3195,6 @@ class BaseModel(metaclass=MetaModel):
         :param allfields: list of fields to document, all if empty or not provided
         :param attributes: list of description attributes to return for each field, all if empty or not provided
         """
-        has_access = functools.partial(self.check_access_rights, raise_exception=False)
-        readonly = not (has_access('write') or has_access('create'))
-
         res = {}
         for fname, field in self._fields.items():
             if allfields and fname not in allfields:
@@ -3205,15 +3202,7 @@ class BaseModel(metaclass=MetaModel):
             if field.groups and not self.env.su and not self.user_has_groups(field.groups):
                 continue
 
-            description = field.get_description(self.env)
-            description['name'] = fname
-            if readonly:
-                description['readonly'] = True
-                description['states'] = {}
-            if attributes:
-                description = {key: val
-                               for key, val in description.items()
-                               if key in attributes}
+            description = field.get_description(self.env, attributes=attributes)
             res[fname] = description
 
         return res