diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/commonobject.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/commonobject.class.php
index ba99831c5b1..afb6909c340 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/commonobject.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/commonobject.class.php
@@ -6568,10 +6568,12 @@ abstract class CommonObject
 								var parent = $(this).find("option[parent]:first").attr("parent");
 								var infos = parent.split(":");
 								var parent_list = infos[0];
+								showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
+
+								/* Activate the handler to call showOptions on each future change */
 								$("select[name=\""+parent_list+"\"]").change(function() {
 									showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
 								});
-								showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
 					    	});
 						}
 
diff --git a/htdocs/core/tpl/extrafields_view.tpl.php b/htdocs/core/tpl/extrafields_view.tpl.php
index 2618b1e12b4..7ee3e624e58 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/tpl/extrafields_view.tpl.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/tpl/extrafields_view.tpl.php
@@ -196,10 +196,12 @@ if (empty($reshook) && is_array($extrafields->attributes[$object->table_element]
 								var parent = $(this).find("option[parent]:first").attr("parent");
 								var infos = parent.split(":");
 								var parent_list = infos[0];
+								showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
+
+								/* Activate the handler to call showOptions on each future change */
 								$("select[name=\""+parent_list+"\"]").change(function() {
 									showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
 								});
-								showOptions(child_list, parent_list);
 					    	});
 						}
 						setListDependencies();