diff --git a/addons/event/event.py b/addons/event/event.py
index 7f0c77661e4..5d95132ebd8 100644
--- a/addons/event/event.py
+++ b/addons/event/event.py
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ class event_event(osv.osv):
     def name_get(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         if not ids:
               return []
+        if not isinstance(ids, list):
+            ids = [ids]
         res = []
         for record in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
             date = record.date_begin.split(" ")[0]