diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 37ce8c4f8b4..f144b5485c7 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -172,6 +172,22 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
                 return self.save_edition();
             });
         },
+        /**
+         * Builds a record with the provided id (``false`` for a creation),
+         * setting all columns with ``false`` value so code which relies on
+         * having an actual value behaves correctly
+         *
+         * @param {*} id
+         * @return {instance.web.list.Record}
+         */
+        make_empty_record: function (id) {
+            var attrs = {id: id};
+            _(this.columns).chain()
+                .filter(function (x) { return x.tag === 'field'})
+                .pluck('name')
+                .each(function (field) { attrs[field] = false; });
+            return new instance.web.list.Record(attrs);
+        },
         /**
          * Set up the edition of a record of the list view "inline"
          *
@@ -186,12 +202,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
             if (record) {
                 item = record.attributes;
             } else {
-                var attrs = {id: false};
-                _(this.columns).chain()
-                    .filter(function (x) { return x.tag === 'field'})
-                    .pluck('name')
-                    .each(function (field) { attrs[field] = false; });
-                record = new instance.web.list.Record(attrs);
+                record = this.make_empty_record(false);
                 this.records.add(record, {
                     at: this.prepends_on_create() ? 0 : null});
             }
@@ -391,7 +402,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
             if (!record) {
                 // insert after the source record
                 var index = this.records.indexOf(source_record) + 1;
-                record = new instance.web.list.Record({id: id});
+                record = this.make_empty_record(id);
                 this.records.add(record, {at: index});
                 this.dataset.ids.splice(index, 0, id);
             }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js b/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
index 459a6df397a..282ef70f97b 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/test/list-editable.js
@@ -346,4 +346,80 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             })
             .fail(function (e) { ok(false, e && e.message || e); });
     });
+
+    module('list-edition-onwrite', {
+        setup: function () {
+            baseSetup();
+        }
+    });
+
+    asyncTest('record-to-read', 4, function () {
+        instance.session.responses['/web/view/load'] = function () {
+            return {result: {
+                type: 'tree',
+                fields: {
+                    a: {type: 'char', string: "A"}
+                },
+                arch: {
+                    tag: 'tree',
+                    attrs: { on_write: 'on_write', colors: 'red:a == "foo"' },
+                    children: [
+                        {tag: 'field', attrs: {name: 'a'}}
+                    ]
+                }
+            }};
+        };
+        instance.session.responses['/web/dataset/call_kw:read'] = function (req) {
+            if (_.isEmpty(req.params.args[0])) {
+                return {result: []};
+            } else if (_.isEqual(req.params.args[0], [1])) {
+                return {result: [
+                    {id: 1, a: 'some value'}
+                ]};
+            } else if (_.isEqual(req.params.args[0], [42])) {
+                return {result: [
+                    {id: 42, a: 'foo'}
+                ]};
+            }
+            throw new Error(JSON.stringify(req.params));
+        };
+        instance.session.responses['/web/dataset/call_kw:default_get'] = function () {
+            return {result: {}};
+        };
+        instance.session.responses['/web/dataset/call_kw:create'] = function () {
+            return {result: 1};
+        };
+        instance.session.responses['/web/dataset/call_kw:on_write'] = function () {
+            return {result: [42]};
+        };
+
+        var ds = new instance.web.DataSetStatic(null, 'demo', null, []);
+        var l = new instance.web.ListView({}, ds, false, {editable: 'top'});
+        l.appendTo($fix)
+        .then(l.proxy('reload_content'))
+        .then(function () {
+            return l.start_edition();
+        })
+        .then(function () {
+            $fix.find('.oe_form_field input').val("some value").change();
+        })
+        .then(function () {
+            return l.save_edition();
+        })
+        .always(function () { start(); })
+        .then(function () {
+            strictEqual(ds.ids.length, 2,
+                'should have id of created + on_write');
+            strictEqual(l.records.length, 2,
+                'should have record of created + on_write');
+            strictEqual(
+                $fix.find('tbody tr:eq(1)').css('color'), 'rgb(255, 0, 0)',
+                'shoud have color applied');
+            strictEqual(
+                $fix.find('tbody tr:eq(2)').css('color'), 'rgb(0, 0, 0)',
+                'should have default color applied');
+        }, function (e) {
+            ok(false, e && e.message || e);
+        });
+    });
 });