diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
index f96335cf725..bb051382a39 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/webclient/actions/action_service.js
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ function makeActionManager(env) {
                 onClose: options.onClose,
             });
         } else {
-            const next = clientAction(env, action);
+            const next = await clientAction(env, action);
             if (next) {
                 return doAction(next, options);
             }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
index a3c703c06b9..10d13794c1d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/webclient/actions/client_action_tests.js
@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ QUnit.module("ActionManager", (hooks) => {
         assert.verifySteps(["/web/webclient/load_menus"]);
     });
 
+    QUnit.test("async client action (function) returning another action", async function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(1);
+
+        registry.category("actions").add("my_action", async () => {
+            await Promise.resolve();
+            return 1; // execute action 1
+        });
+        const webClient = await createWebClient({ serverData });
+        await doAction(webClient, "my_action");
+        assert.containsOnce(webClient, ".o_kanban_view");
+    });
+
     QUnit.test("client action with control panel (legacy)", async function (assert) {
         assert.expect(4);
         // LPE Fixme: at this time we don't really know the API that wowl ClientActions implement