diff --git a/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml b/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
index d63d2a5ba5c..2e59fce6bff 100644
--- a/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/web/views/report_templates.xml
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@
 
     <template id="basic_layout">
         <t t-call="web.html_container">
+            <t t-if="not o" t-set="o" t-value="doc"/>
             <div class="article" t-att-data-oe-model="o and o._name" t-att-data-oe-id="o and o.id" t-att-data-oe-lang="o and o.env.context.get('lang')">
                 <t t-raw="0"/>
             </div>