diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
index dab9fcb7727..936af4de5e1 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list.js
@@ -905,13 +905,8 @@ instance.web.ListView.List = instance.web.Class.extend( /** @lends instance.web.
 
         this.record_callbacks = {
             'remove': function (event, record) {
-                var $row;
-                if (!record.get('id')) {
-                    $row = self.$current.children(':not([data-id])');
-                } else {
-                    $row = self.$current.children(
-                        '[data-id=' + record.get('id') + ']');
-                }
+                var $row = self.$current.children(
+                    '[data-id=' + record.get('id') + ']');
                 var index = $row.data('index');
                 $row.remove();
                 self.refresh_zebra(index);
@@ -928,7 +923,7 @@ instance.web.ListView.List = instance.web.Class.extend( /** @lends instance.web.
                     self.dataset.ids.splice(
                         self.records.indexOf(record), 0, value);
                     // Set id on new record
-                    $row = self.$current.children('tr:not([data-id])');
+                    $row = self.$current.children('[data-id=false]');
                 } else {
                     $row = self.$current.children(
                         '[data-id=' + record.get('id') + ']');
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index 1285e48885f..e66fdc1c917 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
         startEdition: function (record) {
             var self = this;
             if (!record) {
-                var attrs = {};
+                var attrs = {id: false};
                 _(this.columns).chain()
                     .filter(function (x) { return x.tag === 'field'})
                     .pluck('name')
@@ -499,12 +499,8 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
          * @return {jQuery|null}
          */
         getRowFor: function (record) {
-            var id, $row;
-            if (id = record.get('id')) {
-                $row = this.$current.children('[data-id=' + id + ']');
-            } else {
-                $row = this.$current.children(':not([data-id])');
-            }
+            var id;
+            var $row = this.$current.children('[data-id=' + record.get('id') + ']');
             if ($row.length) {
                 return $row;
             }