diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/report/attendance_by_month.py b/addons/hr_attendance/report/attendance_by_month.py
index c8d0378b971..03246b4bab6 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/report/attendance_by_month.py
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/report/attendance_by_month.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from report.interface import report_rml
 from report.interface import toxml
 
 from report import report_sxw
+from tools import ustr
 
 one_day = relativedelta(days=1)
 month2name = [0, 'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'Jun', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ class report_custom(report_rml):
                   <name>%s</name>
                   %%s
                 </user>
-                ''' % (toxml(emp['name']))
+                ''' % (ustr(emp['name']))
                 today, tomor = month, month + one_day
                 while today.month == month.month:
                     #### Work hour calculation
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py b/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
index 92dedd1a14d..a7d9e16accc 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from report.interface import toxml
 import pooler
 import time
 from report import report_sxw
+from tools import ustr
 
 def lengthmonth(year, month):
     if month == 2 and ((year % 4 == 0) and ((year % 100 != 0) or (year % 400 == 0))):
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ class report_custom(report_rml):
         %s
         %s
         </report>
-        ''' % (header_xml,months_xml,date_xml, emp_xml)
+        ''' % (header_xml,months_xml,date_xml, ustr(emp_xml))
 
         return xml