diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/navbar/navbar.js b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/navbar/navbar.js
index 92abbae9653..e86eda5aa86 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/navbar/navbar.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/navbar/navbar.js
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ export class NavBar extends Component {
 
     getMenuItemHref(payload) {
         const parts = [`menu_id=${payload.id}`];
-        if (payload.action) {
-            parts.push(`action=${payload.action.split(",")[1]}`);
+        if (payload.actionID) {
+            parts.push(`action=${payload.actionID}`);
         }
         return "#" + parts.join("&");
     }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/navbar_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/navbar_tests.js
index 19d499080c0..1015c95bb1d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/navbar_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/navbar_tests.js
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ QUnit.test("dropdown menu can be toggled", async (assert) => {
     assert.containsNone(dropdown, ".dropdown-menu");
 });
 
+QUnit.test("href attribute on apps menu items", async (assert) => {
+    baseConfig.serverData.menus = {
+        root: { id: "root", children: [1], name: "root", appID: "root" },
+        1: { id: 1, children: [2], name: "My app", appID: 1, actionID: 339 },
+    };
+    const env = await makeTestEnv(baseConfig);
+    await mount(NavBar, target, { env });
+    const appsMenu = target.querySelector(".o_navbar_apps_menu");
+    await click(appsMenu, "button.dropdown-toggle");
+    const dropdownItem = target.querySelector(".o_navbar_apps_menu .dropdown-item");
+    assert.strictEqual(dropdownItem.getAttribute("href"), "#menu_id=1&action=339");
+});
+
 QUnit.test("data-menu-xmlid attribute on AppsMenu items", async (assert) => {
     baseConfig.serverData.menus = {
         root: { id: "root", children: [1, 2], name: "root", appID: "root" },