diff --git a/web/static/src/ts/core/Widget.ts b/web/static/src/ts/core/Widget.ts
index 081f701f..9608f95f 100644
--- a/web/static/src/ts/core/Widget.ts
+++ b/web/static/src/ts/core/Widget.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class Widget<T extends WEnv> {
 
     if (document.body.contains(target)) {
       this.visitSubTree(w => {
-        if (!w.isMounted) {
+        if (!w.isMounted && this.el!.contains(w.el)) {
           w.isMounted = true;
           w.mounted();
         }
diff --git a/web/static/tests/widget.test.ts b/web/static/tests/widget.test.ts
index 0e274a66..7a0fdfaa 100644
--- a/web/static/tests/widget.test.ts
+++ b/web/static/tests/widget.test.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe("lifecycle hooks", () => {
     let childMounted = false;
     class ParentWidget extends Widget<TestEnv> {
       name = "a";
-      template = `<div>Hello<t t-widget="child"/></div>`;
+      template = `<div><t t-widget="child"/></div>`;
       widgets = { child: ChildWidget };
       mounted() {
         expect(childMounted).toBe(false);
@@ -216,6 +216,35 @@ describe("lifecycle hooks", () => {
     expect(hookCounter).toBe(2);
     target.remove();
   });
+
+  test("mounted hook is correctly called on subwidgets created in mounted hook", async done => {
+    // the issue here is that the parent widget creates in the
+    // mounted hook a new widget, which means that it modifies
+    // in place its list of children. But this list of children is currently
+    // being visited, so the mount action of the parent could cause a mount
+    // action of the new child widget, even though it is not ready yet.
+    expect.assertions(1);
+
+    const target = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(target);
+    class ParentWidget extends Widget<TestEnv> {
+      name = "a";
+      mounted() {
+        const child = new ChildWidget(this);
+        child.mount(this.el!);
+      }
+    }
+    class ChildWidget extends Widget<TestEnv> {
+      mounted() {
+        expect(this.el).toBeTruthy();
+        target.remove();
+        done();
+      }
+    }
+
+    const widget = makeWidget(ParentWidget);
+    await widget.mount(target);
+  });
 });
 
 describe("destroy method", () => {