diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
index c03927e7515..081ecf149c0 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/i18n/base.pot
@@ -18161,6 +18161,16 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Invalid composed field %(definition)s in %(use)s"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: base
+#. odoo-python
+#: code:addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py:0
+#, python-format
+msgid ""
+"Invalid context: %(expr)r is not a valid Python expression \n"
+"\n"
+" %(e)s"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: base
 #. odoo-python
 #: code:addons/base/models/ir_fields.py:0
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
index 9ee34896b3b..94cc8d5bbd9 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -1646,7 +1646,11 @@ actual arch.
                 self._validate_classes(node, expr)
 
             elif attr == 'context':
-                vnames = get_expression_field_names(expr) - {'id'}
+                try:
+                    vnames = get_expression_field_names(expr) - {'id'}
+                except SyntaxError as e:
+                    message = _('Invalid context: %(expr)r is not a valid Python expression \n\n %(e)s', expr=expr, e=e)
+                    self._raise_view_error(message)
                 if vnames:
                     name_manager.must_have_fields(node, vnames, f"context ({expr})")
                 for key, val_ast in get_dict_asts(expr).items():