diff --git a/addons/board/static/src/js/dashboard.js b/addons/board/static/src/js/dashboard.js
index 7e0557fc197..bd9625a4fa8 100644
--- a/addons/board/static/src/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/addons/board/static/src/js/dashboard.js
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ instance.web.form.DashBoard = instance.web.form.FormWidget.extend({
 instance.web.form.DashBoardLegacy = instance.web.form.DashBoard.extend({
     renderElement: function() {
         if (this.node.tag == 'hpaned') {
-            this.node.attrs.style = '2-1';
+            this.node.attrs.layout = '2-1';
         } else if (this.node.tag == 'vpaned') {
-            this.node.attrs.style = '1';
+            this.node.attrs.layout = '1';
         }
         this.node.tag = 'board';
         _.each(this.node.children, function(child) {
diff --git a/addons/board/static/src/xml/board.xml b/addons/board/static/src/xml/board.xml
index 03ede793036..9e1f15562a3 100644
--- a/addons/board/static/src/xml/board.xml
+++ b/addons/board/static/src/xml/board.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             <span> Change Layout </span>
         </button>
     </div>
-    <table t-att-data-layout="node.attrs.style" t-attf-class="oe_dashboard oe_dashboard_layout_#{node.attrs.style}" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
+    <table t-att-data-layout="node.attrs.layout" t-attf-class="oe_dashboard oe_dashboard_layout_#{node.attrs.layout}" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
     <tr>
         <td t-foreach="node.children" t-as="column" t-if="column.tag == 'column'"
              t-att-id="view.element_id + '_column_' + column_index" t-attf-class="oe_dashboard_column index_#{column_index}">