diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/popover_view/popover_view.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/popover_view/popover_view.xml
index 9d19511a7a2..4aad3ae770e 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/popover_view/popover_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/popover_view/popover_view.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
 
     <t t-name="mail.PopoverView" owl="1">
-        <div class="o_PopoverView" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
-            <t t-if="popoverView">
+        <t t-if="popoverView">
+            <div class="o_PopoverView" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
                 <t
                     t-component="constructor.components[popoverView.contentComponentName]"
                     className="popoverView.contentClassName"
                     t-props="{ localId: popoverView.content.localId }"
                 />
-            </t>
-        </div>
+            </div>
+        </t>
     </t>
 
 </templates>