diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
index 78d8ea7c5d1..129865996f8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
@@ -447,9 +447,11 @@ var FieldDomain = common.AbstractField.extend(common.ReinitializeFieldMixin).ext
     },
     initialize_content: function () {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
-        this.$recordsCountDisplay = this.$(".o_domain_records_count");
-        this.$showSelectionButton = this.$(".o_domain_show_selection_button");
-        this.$errorMessage = this.$(".o_domain_error_message");
+        this.$panel = this.$(".o_form_field_domain_panel");
+        this.$showSelectionButton = this.$panel.find(".o_domain_show_selection_button");
+        this.$recordsCountDisplay = this.$showSelectionButton.find(".o_domain_records_count");
+        this.$errorMessage = this.$panel.find(".o_domain_error_message");
+        this.$modelMissing = this.$(".o_domain_model_missing");
     },
     set_value: function (value, noDomainSelectorRender) {
         this._noDomainSelectorRender = !!noDomainSelectorRender;
@@ -459,6 +461,17 @@ var FieldDomain = common.AbstractField.extend(common.ReinitializeFieldMixin).ext
     render_value: function() {
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
 
+        // If there is no set model, the field should only display the corresponding error message
+        this.$panel.toggleClass("o_hidden", !this.model);
+        this.$modelMissing.toggleClass("o_hidden", !!this.model);
+        if (!this.model) {
+            if (this.domainSelector) {
+                this.domainSelector.destroy();
+                this.domainSelector = undefined;
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
         var domain = pyeval.eval("domain", this.get("value") || "[]");
 
         // Recreate domain widget with new domain value
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 47254cebb09..be1d398f187 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@
         <button t-if="widget.options.in_dialog &amp;&amp; !widget.get('effective_readonly')"
             class="btn btn-sm btn-primary o_form_field_domain_dialog_button">Edit domain</button>
     </div>
+    <div class="o_domain_model_missing o_hidden">Select a model to add a filter.</div>
 </div>
 
 <t t-name="DomainNode.ControlPanel">