diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js
index 0d468d4b6df..86077ce38fa 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/admin/RelatedObjectLookups.js
@@ -162,6 +162,24 @@
             event.preventDefault();
             opener.dismissRelatedLookupPopup(window, $(this).data("popup-opener"));
         });
+        $('body').on('click', '.related-widget-wrapper-link', function(e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            if (this.href) {
+                var event = $.Event('django:show-related', {href: this.href});
+                $(this).trigger(event);
+                if (!event.isDefaultPrevented()) {
+                    showRelatedObjectPopup(this);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        $('body').on('change', '.related-widget-wrapper select', function(e) {
+            var event = $.Event('django:update-related');
+            $(this).trigger(event);
+            if (!event.isDefaultPrevented()) {
+                updateRelatedObjectLinks(this);
+            }
+        });
+        $('.related-widget-wrapper select').trigger('change');
     });
 
 })(django.jQuery);
diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/change_form.js b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/change_form.js
index 883376379f8..921635f8b90 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/change_form.js
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/static/admin/js/change_form.js
@@ -20,24 +20,6 @@
                 showRelatedObjectLookupPopup(this);
             }
         });
-        $('body').on('click', '.related-widget-wrapper-link', function(e) {
-            e.preventDefault();
-            if (this.href) {
-                var event = $.Event('django:show-related', {href: this.href});
-                $(this).trigger(event);
-                if (!event.isDefaultPrevented()) {
-                    showRelatedObjectPopup(this);
-                }
-            }
-        });
-        $('body').on('change', '.related-widget-wrapper select', function(e) {
-            var event = $.Event('django:update-related');
-            $(this).trigger(event);
-            if (!event.isDefaultPrevented()) {
-                updateRelatedObjectLinks(this);
-            }
-        });
-        $('.related-widget-wrapper select').trigger('change');
 
         if (modelName) {
             $('form#' + modelName + '_form :input:visible:enabled:first').focus();
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.1.txt
index 8180a2805f1..a40604780f0 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.1.txt
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed ``migrate --fake-initial`` detection of many-to-many tables
   (:ticket:`25922`).
+
+* Restored the functionality of the admin's ``list_editable`` add and change
+  buttons (:ticket:`25903`).
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/admin.py b/tests/admin_views/admin.py
index 2db28c6f51e..5df79675a3f 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/admin.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/admin.py
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ class ChapterXtra1Admin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 
 class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ('content', 'date', callable_year, 'model_year',
-                    'modeladmin_year', 'model_year_reversed')
+    list_display = (
+        'content', 'date', callable_year, 'model_year', 'modeladmin_year',
+        'model_year_reversed', 'section',
+    )
+    list_editable = ('section',)
     list_filter = ('date', 'section')
     view_on_site = False
     fieldsets = (
diff --git a/tests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
index 00e23302e14..c73164f3fc2 100644
--- a/tests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -4558,6 +4558,34 @@ class SeleniumAdminViewsFirefoxTests(AdminSeleniumWebDriverTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Pizza.objects.count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(Topping.objects.count(), 2)
 
+    def test_list_editable_popups(self):
+        """
+        list_editable foreign keys have add/change popups.
+        """
+        s1 = Section.objects.create(name='Test section')
+        Article.objects.create(
+            content='<p>Middle content</p>',
+            date=datetime.datetime(2008, 3, 18, 11, 54, 58),
+            section=s1,
+        )
+        self.admin_login(username='super', password='secret', login_url=reverse('admin:index'))
+        self.selenium.get(self.live_server_url + reverse('admin:admin_views_article_changelist'))
+        # Change popup
+        self.selenium.find_element_by_id('change_id_form-0-section').click()
+        self.wait_for_popup()
+        self.selenium.switch_to.window(self.selenium.window_handles[-1])
+        self.wait_for_text('#content h1', 'Change section')
+        self.selenium.close()
+        self.selenium.switch_to.window(self.selenium.window_handles[0])
+
+        # Add popup
+        self.selenium.find_element_by_id('add_id_form-0-section').click()
+        self.wait_for_popup()
+        self.selenium.switch_to.window(self.selenium.window_handles[-1])
+        self.wait_for_text('#content h1', 'Add section')
+        self.selenium.close()
+        self.selenium.switch_to.window(self.selenium.window_handles[0])
+
 
 class SeleniumAdminViewsChromeTests(SeleniumAdminViewsFirefoxTests):
     webdriver_class = 'selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver'