diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_seen_indicator/message_seen_indicator.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_seen_indicator/message_seen_indicator.xml
index 6cd75360806..2483ff22052 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_seen_indicator/message_seen_indicator.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_seen_indicator/message_seen_indicator.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
 
     <t t-name="mail.MessageSeenIndicator" owl="1">
-        <t t-if="messageSeenIndicatorView">
+        <t t-if="messageSeenIndicatorView and messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator">
             <span class="o_MessageSeenIndicator position-relative d-flex opacity-75-hover opacity-50" t-att-class="{ 'o-all-seen text-odoo': messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator.hasEveryoneSeen }" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-att-title="messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator.text" t-ref="root">
                 <t t-if="!messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator.isMessagePreviousToLastCurrentPartnerMessageSeenByEveryone">
                     <t t-if="messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator.hasSomeoneFetched or messageSeenIndicatorView.messageSeenIndicator.hasSomeoneSeen">