diff --git a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
index 3165406e3d8b622e6df858cc686bfc160164c47d..d63d710a32ca23819ebc60dbd76b21a755b4e075 100644
--- a/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
+++ b/addons/project/views/project_views.xml
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
                     <header>
                         <button name="action_assign_to_me" string="Assign to Me" type="object" class="oe_highlight"
                             attrs="{'invisible' : [('user_id', '!=', False)]}"/>
-                        <field name="stage_id" widget="statusbar" options="{'clickable': '1', 'fold_field': 'fold'}"/>
+                        <field name="stage_id" widget="statusbar" options="{'clickable': '1', 'fold_field': 'fold'}" attrs="{'invisible': [('project_id', '=', False)]}"/>
                     </header>
                     <sheet string="Task">
                     <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">