1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
index 2a2a36cdaba..f3a8bd76041 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views/form_widgets.js
@@ -1536,13 +1536,20 @@ var FieldStatus = common.AbstractField.extend({
             val = $li.data("id");
         }
         if (val != self.get('value')) {
-            this.view.recursive_save().done(function() {
-                var change = {};
-                change[self.name] = val;
-                self.view.dataset.write(self.view.datarecord.id, change).done(function() {
-                    self.view.reload();
+            if (!this.view.datarecord.id ||
+                    this.view.datarecord.id.toString().match(data.BufferedDataSet.virtual_id_regex)) {
+                // don't save, only set value for not-yet-saved many2ones
+                self.set_value(val);
+            }
+            else {
+                this.view.recursive_save().done(function() {
+                    var change = {};
+                    change[self.name] = val;
+                    self.view.dataset.write(self.view.datarecord.id, change).done(function() {
+                        self.view.reload();
+                    });
                 });
-            });
+            }
         }
     },
 });