diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index fd838686ba9..7f451d324b2 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -4306,7 +4306,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyTags = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(in
                         if (data.id) {
                             self.add_id(data.id);
                         } else {
-                            ignore_blur = true;
+                            self.ignore_blur = true;
                             data.action();
                         }
                         this.trigger('setSuggestions', {result : []});
@@ -4346,7 +4346,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyTags = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(in
         if (this.get("effective_readonly"))
             return;
         var self = this;
-        var ignore_blur = false;
+        self.ignore_blur = false;
         self.$text = this.$("textarea");
         self.$text.textext(self.initialize_texttext()).bind('getSuggestions', function(e, data) {
             var _this = this;
@@ -4366,11 +4366,11 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyTags = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(in
         self.$text
             .focusin(function () {
                 self.trigger('focused');
-                ignore_blur = false;
+                self.ignore_blur = false;
             })
             .focusout(function() {
                 self.$text.trigger("setInputData", "");
-                if (!ignore_blur) {
+                if (!self.ignore_blur) {
                     self.trigger('blurred');
                 }
             }).keydown(function(e) {
@@ -4448,6 +4448,10 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyTags = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(in
             width: width,
             minHeight: height
         });
+    },    
+    _search_create_popup: function() {
+        self.ignore_blur = true;
+        return instance.web.form.CompletionFieldMixin._search_create_popup.apply(this, arguments);
     },
 });