diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
index 0f1c71643be..e0ee3359091 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/formats.js
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ instance.web.format_value = function (value, descriptor, value_if_empty) {
             return instance.web.insert_thousand_seps(
                 _.str.sprintf('%d', value));
         case 'float':
-            var precision = descriptor.digits ? descriptor.digits[1] : 2;
+            var digits = descriptor.digits ? descriptor.digits : [69,2];
+            digits = typeof digits === "string" ? py.eval(digits) : digits;
+            var precision = digits[1];
             var formatted = _.str.sprintf('%.' + precision + 'f', value).split('.');
             formatted[0] = instance.web.insert_thousand_seps(formatted[0]);
             return formatted.join(l10n.decimal_point);
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 9a2b2b8bdb1..a2078bf6aa0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldFloat = instance.web.form.FieldChar.extend({
         this._super(field_manager, node);
         this.set({'value': 0});
         if (this.node.attrs.digits) {
-            this.digits = py.eval(node.attrs.digits);
+            this.digits = this.node.attrs.digits;
         } else {
             this.digits = this.field.digits;
         }