diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
index d2c9520cd6e..ea6224a1ad9 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_qweb.py
@@ -693,12 +693,11 @@ class ManyToOneConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
     _name = 'ir.qweb.field.many2one'
     _inherit = 'ir.qweb.field'
 
-    def value_to_html(self, cr, uid, value, column, options=None, context=None):
-        # value may be a browse_null
-        if not value: return ''
-        name_got = value._model.name_get(
-            cr, openerp.SUPERUSER_ID, value.id, context=context)[0][1]
-        return werkzeug.utils.escape(name_got).replace('\n', '<br>\n')
+    def record_to_html(self, cr, uid, field_name, record, column, options=None, context=None):
+        [read] = record.read([field_name])
+        _, value = read[field_name]
+
+        return werkzeug.utils.escape(value).replace('\n', '<br>\n')
 
 class HTMLConverter(osv.AbstractModel):
     _name = 'ir.qweb.field.html'
diff --git a/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py b/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
index aaa0c12cdf5..b6f787d647a 100644
--- a/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/openerp/tests/addons/test_converter/tests/test_html.py
@@ -209,15 +209,27 @@ class TestTextExport(TestBasicExport):
 
 class TestMany2OneExport(TestBasicExport):
     def test_many2one(self):
-        converter = self.get_converter('many2one')
         Sub = self.registry('test_converter.test_model.sub')
 
-        id0 = Sub.create(self.cr, self.uid, {'name': "Foo"})
-        value = converter(Sub.browse(self.cr, self.uid, id0))
+
+        id0 = self.Model.create(self.cr, self.uid, {
+            'many2one': Sub.create(self.cr, self.uid, {'name': "Foo"})
+        })
+        id1 = self.Model.create(self.cr, self.uid, {
+            'many2one': Sub.create(self.cr, self.uid, {'name': "Fo<b>o</b>"})
+        })
+
+        def converter(record):
+            column = self.get_column('many2one')
+            model = self.registry('ir.qweb.field.many2one')
+
+            return model.record_to_html(
+                self.cr, self.uid, 'many2one', record, column)
+
+        value = converter(self.Model.browse(self.cr, self.uid, id0))
         self.assertEqual(value, "Foo")
 
-        id1 = Sub.create(self.cr, self.uid, {'name': "Fo<b>o</b>"})
-        value = converter(Sub.browse(self.cr, self.uid, id1))
+        value = converter(self.Model.browse(self.cr, self.uid, id1))
         self.assertEqual(value, "Fo&lt;b&gt;o&lt;/b&gt;")
 
 class TestBinaryExport(TestBasicExport):