diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/control_panel.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/control_panel.js
index 4104f37bd3e..0913b574a3d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/control_panel.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/control_panel.js
@@ -148,15 +148,25 @@ var ControlPanel = Widget.extend({
             }
 
             // Detach control_panel old content and attach new elements
+            var toDetach = this.nodes;
+            if (status.searchview && this.searchview === status.searchview) {
+                // If the searchview is the same as before, don't detach it s.t.
+                // we don't loose any floating content, nor the focus
+                toDetach = _.omit(toDetach, '$searchview');
+                new_cp_content = _.omit(new_cp_content, '$searchview');
+            }
             if (options.clear) {
-                this._detach_content(this.nodes);
+                this._detach_content(toDetach);
                 // Show the searchview buttons area, which might have been hidden by
                 // the searchview, as client actions may insert elements into it
                 this.nodes.$searchview_buttons.show();
             } else {
-                this._detach_content(_.pick(this.nodes, _.keys(new_cp_content)));
+                this._detach_content(_.pick(toDetach, _.keys(new_cp_content)));
             }
             this._attach_content(new_cp_content);
+            if (options.clear || status.searchview) {
+                this.searchview = status.searchview;
+            }
 
             // Update the searchview and switch buttons
             if (status.searchview || options.clear) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
index e057db97f7a..241a125dd3c 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/chrome/action_manager_tests.js
@@ -3119,6 +3119,62 @@ QUnit.module('ActionManager', {
 
         actionManager.destroy();
     });
+
+    QUnit.module('Search View Action');
+
+    QUnit.test('search view should keep focus during do_search', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(5);
+
+        /* One should be able to type something in the search view, press on enter to
+         * make the facet and trigger the search, then do this process
+         * over and over again seamlessly.
+         * Verifying the input's value is a lot trickier than verifying the search_read
+         * because of how native events are handled in tests
+         */
+
+        var searchDeferred = $.Deferred();
+
+        var actionManager = createActionManager({
+            actions: this.actions,
+            archs: this.archs,
+            data: this.data,
+            mockRPC: function (route, args) {
+                if (route === '/web/dataset/search_read') {
+                    assert.step('search_read ' + args.domain);
+                    if ( _.isEqual(args.domain, [['foo', 'ilike', 'm']])) {
+                        return searchDeferred.then(this._super.bind(this, route, args));
+                    }
+                }
+                return this._super.apply(this, arguments);
+            }
+        });
+
+        actionManager.doAction(3);
+
+        var $searchInput = $('.o_searchview input');
+        $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keypress', {key: 'm', which: 109, keyCode: 109}));
+        $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keydown', {key: 'Enter', which: 13, keyCode: 13}));
+
+        assert.verifySteps(["search_read ",
+                            "search_read foo,ilike,m"]);
+
+        // Triggering the do_search above will kill the current searchview Input
+        $searchInput = $('.o_searchview input');
+        $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keypress', {key: 'o', which: 111, keyCode: 111}));
+
+        // We have something in the input of the search view. Making the search_read
+        // return at this point will trigger the redraw of the view.
+        // However we want to hold on to what we just typed
+        searchDeferred.resolve();
+
+        $searchInput.trigger($.Event('keydown', {key: 'Enter', which: 13, keyCode: 13}));
+
+        assert.verifySteps(["search_read ",
+                            "search_read foo,ilike,m",
+                            "search_read |,foo,ilike,m,foo,ilike,o"]);
+
+        actionManager.destroy();
+    });
 });
 
 });