1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
index 7e42ad6cfca..a4c6d0e8795 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/basic/basic_model.js
@@ -818,6 +818,16 @@ var BasicModel = AbstractModel.extend({
                         defs.push(self._fetchNameGet(dataPoint));
                     }
                 }
+            } else if (field.type === 'reference' && field.value) {
+                const ref = field.value.split(',');
+                dataPoint = self._makeDataPoint({
+                    context: record.context,
+                    data: { id: parseInt(ref[1], 10) },
+                    modelName: ref[0],
+                    parentID: record.id,
+                });
+                defs.push(self._fetchNameGet(dataPoint));
+                record.data[field.name] = dataPoint.id;
             } else if (field.type === 'one2many' || field.type === 'many2many') {
                 var relatedFieldsInfo = {};
                 relatedFieldsInfo.default = {};