diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 4047fcd6500..41f8c012731 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (openerp) {
                 }
                 var obj = self.view.fields_registry.get_object(key);
                 var w = new (obj)(self.view, openerp.web.xml_to_json(el));
-                self.view.register_field(w, $elem.attr("name"));
+                self.view.register_field(w, $(el).attr("name"));
                 w.appendTo($td);
                 $td.appendTo($element);
             });