diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.js b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.js
index 113e4a33748..77152194d26 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.js
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ export class Discuss extends LegacyComponent {
     // Public
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    /**
-     * @returns {string}
-     */
-    get addChatInputPlaceholder() {
-        return this.env._t("Search user...");
-    }
-
     /**
      * @returns {DiscussView}
      */
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.xml
index fbdc9e944f4..5b3a90c0fc5 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/discuss/discuss.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                     className="'o_Discuss_mobileAddItemHeaderInput'"
                     isFocusOnMount="true"
                     isHtml="discussView.discuss.isAddingChannel"
-                    placeholder="discussView.discuss.isAddingChannel ? discuss.addChannelInputPlaceholder : addChatInputPlaceholder"
+                    placeholder="discussView.discuss.isAddingChannel ? discussView.discuss.addChannelInputPlaceholder : discussView.discuss.addChatInputPlaceholder"
                     select="_onMobileAddItemHeaderInputSelect"
                     source="_onMobileAddItemHeaderInputSource"
                     onHide="_onHideMobileAddItemHeader"
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/models/discuss.js b/addons/mail/static/src/models/discuss.js
index c3387a8d74a..fc2075f63db 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/models/discuss.js
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/models/discuss.js
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ registerModel({
         _computeAddChannelInputPlaceholder() {
             return this.env._t("Create or search channel...");
         },
+        /**
+         * @private
+         * @returns {string}
+         */
+        _computeAddChatInputPlaceholder() {
+            return this.env._t("Search user...");
+        },
         /**
          * @private
          * @returns {string}
@@ -346,6 +353,9 @@ registerModel({
         addChannelInputPlaceholder: attr({
             compute: '_computeAddChannelInputPlaceholder',
         }),
+        addChatInputPlaceholder: attr({
+            compute: '_computeAddChatInputPlaceholder',
+        }),
         /**
          * Value that is used to create a channel from the sidebar.
          */