diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/view_dialogs.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/view_dialogs.js
index 5ca2cd5c14e..b9870a78e56 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/view_dialogs.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/view_dialogs.js
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ var FormViewDialog = ViewDialog.extend({
      * If we changed some fieldAttrs, we need to restore them now.
      */
     destroy: function () {
-        if (this.recordID && this.fieldAttrs) {
-            this.setFieldProps(this.recordID, this.previousFieldProps);
+        if (this.recordID && this.previousFieldProps) {
+            this.model.setFieldProps(this.recordID, this.previousFieldProps);
         }
         this._super.apply(this, arguments);
     },