diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/concurrency.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/concurrency.js
index 20247d1c483..6eeebe7ff58 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/core/concurrency.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/core/concurrency.js
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ return {
     Mutex: Class.extend({
         init: function () {
             this.def = $.Deferred().resolve();
+            this.unlockedDef = undefined;
         },
         /**
          * Add a computation to the queue, it will be executed as soon as the
@@ -210,14 +211,27 @@ return {
          * @returns {Deferred}
          */
         exec: function (action) {
+            var self = this;
             var current = this.def;
             var next = this.def = $.Deferred();
+            this.unlockedDef = this.unlockedDef || $.Deferred();
             return current.then(function() {
-                return $.when(action()).always(function() {
+                return $.when(action()).always(function () {
                     next.resolve();
+                    if (self.def.state() === 'resolved' && self.unlockedDef) {
+                        self.unlockedDef.resolve();
+                        self.unlockedDef = undefined;
+                    }
                 });
             });
-        }
+        },
+        /**
+         * @returns {Promise} resolved as soon as the Mutex is unlocked
+         *   (directly if it is currently idle)
+         */
+        getUnlockedDef: function () {
+            return $.when(this.unlockedDef);
+        },
     }),
     /**
      * A MutexedDropPrevious is a primitive for serializing computations while
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/core/concurrency_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/core/concurrency_tests.js
index 5b1e4c505ac..516ce6a1b8f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/core/concurrency_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/core/concurrency_tests.js
@@ -87,6 +87,58 @@ QUnit.module('core', {}, function () {
         assert.strictEqual(p3.state(), "resolved");
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('mutex: getUnlockedDef checks', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(5);
+
+        var m = new concurrency.Mutex();
+
+        var def1 = $.Deferred();
+        var def2 = $.Deferred();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(m.getUnlockedDef().state(), "resolved");
+
+        m.exec(function() { return def1; });
+
+        var unlockedDef = m.getUnlockedDef();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(unlockedDef.state(), "pending");
+
+        m.exec(function() { return def2; });
+
+        assert.strictEqual(unlockedDef.state(), "pending");
+
+        def1.resolve();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(unlockedDef.state(), "pending");
+
+        def2.resolve();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(unlockedDef.state(), "resolved");
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test('DropPrevious: basic usecase', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(5);
+
+        var dp = new concurrency.DropPrevious();
+
+        var def1 = $.Deferred();
+        var def2 = $.Deferred();
+
+        var r1 = dp.add(def1);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(r1.state(), "pending");
+
+        var r2 = dp.add(def2);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(r1.state(), "rejected");
+        assert.strictEqual(r2.state(), "pending");
+
+        def2.resolve();
+
+        assert.strictEqual(r1.state(), "rejected");
+        assert.strictEqual(r2.state(), "resolved");
+    });
+
     QUnit.test('DropMisordered: resolve all correctly ordered, sync', function (assert) {
         assert.expect(1);