diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index f84aff175ea..2e57e5bec31 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -2695,8 +2695,19 @@ class orm(orm_template):
         self._inherits_reload_src()
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):
+        """
+        Proxies attribute accesses to the `inherits` parent so we can call methods defined on the inherited parent
+        (though inherits doesn't use Python inheritance).
+        Handles translating between local ids and remote ids.
+        Known issue: doesn't work correctly when using python's own super(), don't involve inherit-based inheritance
+                     when you have inherits.
+        """
         for model, field in self._inherits.iteritems():
-            if hasattr(self.pool.get(model), name):
+            proxy = self.pool.get(model)
+            if hasattr(proxy, name):
+                attribute = getattr(proxy, name)
+                if not hasattr(attribute, '__call__'):
+                    return attribute
                 break
         else:
             return super(orm, self).__getattr__(name)
@@ -2704,7 +2715,6 @@ class orm(orm_template):
         def _proxy(cr, uid, ids, *args, **kwargs):
             objects = self.browse(cr, uid, ids, kwargs.get('context', None))
             lst = [obj[field].id for obj in objects if obj[field]]
-            proxy = self.pool.get(model)
             return getattr(proxy, name)(cr, uid, lst, *args, **kwargs)
 
         return _proxy