diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
index b1a00d904b6ff..6c2570792b24e 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/models/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -646,9 +646,19 @@ def extract(spec):
                     if node.getparent() is None:
                         source = copy.deepcopy(spec[0])
                     else:
+                        replaced_node_tag = None
                         for child in spec:
                             if child.get('position') == 'move':
                                 child = extract(child)
+
+                            if self._context.get('inherit_branding') and not replaced_node_tag and child.tag is not etree.Comment:
+                                # To make a correct branding, we need to
+                                # - know exactly which node has been replaced
+                                # - store it before anything else has altered the Tree
+                                # Do it exactly here :D
+                                child.set('meta-oe-xpath-replacing', node.tag)
+                                replaced_node_tag = node.tag  # We just store the replaced node tag on the first child of the xpath replacing it
+
                             node.addprevious(child)
                         node.getparent().remove(node)
                 elif pos == 'attributes':
@@ -1246,6 +1256,11 @@ def distribute_branding(self, e, branding=None, parent_xpath='',
                     if child.get('data-oe-xpath'):
                         # injected by view inheritance, skip otherwise
                         # generated xpath is incorrect
+                        # Also, if a node is known to have been replaced during applying xpath
+                        # increment its index to compute an accurate xpath for susequent nodes
+                        replaced_node_tag = child.attrib.pop('meta-oe-xpath-replacing', None)
+                        if replaced_node_tag:
+                            indexes[replaced_node_tag] += 1
                         self.distribute_branding(child)
                     else:
                         indexes[child.tag] += 1
diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
index 7b8deb8ea33ae..403e7f9260d46 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
@@ -674,6 +674,115 @@ def test_branding_inherit(self):
             second.get('data-oe-id'),
             "second should come from the extension view")
 
+    def test_branding_inherit_replace_node(self):
+        view1 = self.View.create({
+            'name': "Base view",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'arch': """<hello>
+                <world></world>
+                <world><t t-esc="hello"/></world>
+                <world></world>
+            </hello>
+            """
+        })
+        self.View.create({
+            'name': "Extension",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'inherit_id': view1.id,
+            'arch': """<xpath expr="/hello/world[1]" position="replace">
+                <world>Is a ghetto</world>
+                <world>Wonder when I'll find paradise</world>
+            </xpath>
+            """
+        })
+
+        arch_string = view1.with_context(inherit_branding=True).read_combined(['arch'])['arch']
+
+        arch = etree.fromstring(arch_string)
+        self.View.distribute_branding(arch)
+
+        # First world - has been replaced by inheritance
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[1]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/xpath/world[1]',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'Inherited nodes have correct xpath')
+
+        # Second world added by inheritance
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[2]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/xpath/world[2]',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'Inherited nodes have correct xpath')
+
+        # Third world - is not editable
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[3]')
+        self.assertFalse(
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'node containing t-esc is not branded')
+
+        # The most important assert
+        # Fourth world - should have a correct oe-xpath, which is 3rd in main view
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[4]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/hello[1]/world[3]',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            "The node's xpath position should be correct")
+
+    def test_branding_inherit_replace_node2(self):
+        view1 = self.View.create({
+            'name': "Base view",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'arch': """<hello>
+                <world></world>
+                <world><t t-esc="hello"/></world>
+                <world></world>
+            </hello>
+            """
+        })
+        self.View.create({
+            'name': "Extension",
+            'type': 'qweb',
+            'inherit_id': view1.id,
+            'arch': """<xpath expr="/hello/world[1]" position="replace">
+                <war>Is a ghetto</war>
+                <world>Wonder when I'll find paradise</world>
+            </xpath>
+            """
+        })
+
+        arch_string = view1.with_context(inherit_branding=True).read_combined(['arch'])['arch']
+
+        arch = etree.fromstring(arch_string)
+        self.View.distribute_branding(arch)
+
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/war[1]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/xpath/war',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'Inherited nodes have correct xpath')
+
+        # First world: from inheritance
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[1]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/xpath/world',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'Inherited nodes have correct xpath')
+
+        # Second world - is not editable
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[2]')
+        self.assertFalse(
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            'node containing t-esc is not branded')
+
+        # The most important assert
+        # Third world - should have a correct oe-xpath, which is 3rd in main view
+        [initial] = arch.xpath('/hello[1]/world[3]')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            '/hello[1]/world[3]',
+            initial.get('data-oe-xpath'),
+            "The node's xpath position should be correct")
+
     def test_branding_primary_inherit(self):
         view1 = self.View.create({
             'name': "Base view",