diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 653e973ca37..32660fc5c52 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1977,8 +1977,8 @@ openerp.web.form.dialog = function(content, options) {
     return dialog.$element;
 };
 
-openerp.web.form.FieldMany2One = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
-    template: 'EmptyComponent',
+openerp.web.form.FieldMany2One = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend(_.extend({}, openerp.web.form.ReinitializeFieldMixin, {
+    template: "FieldMany2One",
     init: function(view, node) {
         this._super(view, node);
         this.limit = 7;
@@ -1987,23 +1987,12 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldMany2One = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
         this.last_search = [];
         this.tmp_value = undefined;
     },
-    start: function() {
-        this._super();
-        this.render_content();
-        this.on("change:effective_readonly", this, function() {
-            this.render_content();
-        });
-    },
-    render_content: function() {
-        this.$element.html("");
+    initialize_content: function() {
         if (!this.get("effective_readonly"))
             this.render_editable();
-        else
-            this.render_readonly();
         this.render_value();
     },
     render_editable: function() {
-        this.$element.html(QWeb.render("FieldMany2One", {widget: this}));
         var self = this;
         this.$input = this.$element.find("input");
         this.$drop_down = this.$element.find(".oe-m2o-drop-down-button");
@@ -2142,9 +2131,6 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldMany2One = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
             isSelecting = false;
         });
     },
-    render_readonly: function() {
-        this.$element.html(QWeb.render("FieldMany2One_readonly"));
-    },
     // autocomplete component content handling
     get_search_result: function(request, response) {
         var search_val = request.term;
@@ -2339,7 +2325,7 @@ openerp.web.form.FieldMany2One = openerp.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
     focus: function ($element) {
         this._super($element || this.$input);
     }
-});
+}));
 
 /*
 # Values: (0, 0,  { fields })    create
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index f12079765f9..069f48fb48e 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -1037,25 +1037,29 @@
     </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldMany2One">
-    <table t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{widget.type}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
-    <tr>
-        <td valign="top">
-            <t t-call="FieldChar"/>
-            <span class="oe-m2o-drop-down-button">
-                <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/down-arrow.png"' /></span>
-        </td>
-        <td>
-            <button class="oe_button oe_field_button oe-m2o-cm-button" t-att-id="widget.name + '_open'">
-                <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/STOCK_DIRECTORY_MENU.png"'/>
-            </button>
-            <div t-att-id="widget.cm_id" class="contextMenu" style="display:none">
-            </div>
-        </td>
-    </tr>
-    </table>
-</t>
-<t t-name="FieldMany2One_readonly">
-    <a href="#" class="oe_form_uri"/>
+    <t t-if="!widget.get('effective_readonly')">
+        <table t-attf-class="oe_form_field_#{widget.type}" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
+        <tr>
+            <td valign="top">
+                <t t-call="FieldChar"/>
+                <span class="oe-m2o-drop-down-button">
+                    <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/down-arrow.png"' /></span>
+            </td>
+            <td>
+                <button class="oe_button oe_field_button oe-m2o-cm-button" t-att-id="widget.name + '_open'">
+                    <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/STOCK_DIRECTORY_MENU.png"'/>
+                </button>
+                <div t-att-id="widget.cm_id" class="contextMenu" style="display:none">
+                </div>
+            </td>
+        </tr>
+        </table>
+        </t>
+    <t t-if="widget.get('effective_readonly')">
+        <div>
+            <a href="#" class="oe_form_uri"/>
+        </div>
+    </t>
 </t>
 <t t-name="FieldMany2One.context_menu">
     <ul>