diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss_sidebar_category_item/discuss_sidebar_category_item.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss_sidebar_category_item/discuss_sidebar_category_item.xml
index 9cefeeb03b3..e2de6b0b20d 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss_sidebar_category_item/discuss_sidebar_category_item.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss_sidebar_category_item/discuss_sidebar_category_item.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
     <t t-name="mail.DiscussSidebarCategoryItem" owl="1">
-        <div class="o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem"
-            t-att-class="{
-                'o-active': categoryItem and categoryItem.isActive,
-                'o-unread': categoryItem and categoryItem.isUnread,
-            }" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-on-click="categoryItem and categoryItem.onClick" t-att-data-thread-local-id="categoryItem and categoryItem.channel.localId" t-att-data-thread-name="categoryItem and categoryItem.channel.displayName"
-            t-ref="root"
-        >
-            <t t-if="categoryItem">
+        <t t-if="categoryItem">
+            <div class="o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem"
+                t-att-class="{
+                    'o-active': categoryItem.isActive,
+                    'o-unread': categoryItem.isUnread,
+                }" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-on-click="categoryItem.onClick" t-att-data-thread-local-id="categoryItem.channel.localId" t-att-data-thread-name="categoryItem.channel.displayName"
+                t-ref="root"
+            >
                 <div class="o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem_item o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem_avatar">
                     <div class="o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem_imageContainer">
                         <img class="o_DiscussSidebarCategoryItem_image rounded-circle" t-att-src="categoryItem.avatarUrl" alt="Thread Image"/>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                         <t t-esc="categoryItem.counter"/>
                     </div>
                 </t>
-            </t>
-        </div>
+            </div>
+        </t>
     </t>
 </templates>