diff --git a/addons/delivery/models/delivery_carrier.py b/addons/delivery/models/delivery_carrier.py
index 68fded1bb32..1a59f182fcb 100644
--- a/addons/delivery/models/delivery_carrier.py
+++ b/addons/delivery/models/delivery_carrier.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 import logging
 from openerp import models, fields, api
-from openerp.exceptions import UserError, ValidationError
+from openerp.exceptions import UserError
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ class DeliveryCarrier(models.Model):
                         # no suitable delivery method found, probably configuration error
                         _logger.info("Carrier %s: %s, not found", self.name, e.name)
                         self.price = 0.0
-                except ValidationError as e:
-                    _logger.info("Carrier %s: %s, not available: %s", self.name, e.name, e.message)
-                    self.price = 0.0
             else:
                 res = super(DeliveryCarrier, self).get_price('price', [])
                 self.available = res[self.id]['available']
diff --git a/addons/website_sale_delivery/models/sale_order.py b/addons/website_sale_delivery/models/sale_order.py
index 10fe22c0677..5099cefc75c 100644
--- a/addons/website_sale_delivery/models/sale_order.py
+++ b/addons/website_sale_delivery/models/sale_order.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import logging
 
 from openerp.osv import orm, fields
 from openerp import SUPERUSER_ID
@@ -7,6 +8,9 @@ from openerp.exceptions import ValidationError
 from openerp.tools.translate import _
 
 
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class delivery_carrier(orm.Model):
     _name = 'delivery.carrier'
     _inherit = ['delivery.carrier', 'website.published.mixin']
@@ -88,25 +92,32 @@ class SaleOrder(orm.Model):
             if carrier_id:
                 order.delivery_set()
             else:
-                order._delivery_unset()                    
+                order._delivery_unset()
 
         return bool(carrier_id)
 
     def _get_delivery_methods(self, cr, uid, order, context=None):
         carrier_obj = self.pool.get('delivery.carrier')
-        delivery_ids = carrier_obj.search(cr, uid, [('website_published','=',True)], context=context)
+        carrier_ids = carrier_obj.search(cr, uid, [('website_published', '=', True)], context=context)
+        available_carrier_ids = []
         # Following loop is done to avoid displaying delivery methods who are not available for this order
         # This can surely be done in a more efficient way, but at the moment, it mimics the way it's
         # done in delivery_set method of sale.py, from delivery module
-        for delivery_id in carrier_obj.browse(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, delivery_ids, context=dict(context, order_id=order.id)):
+
+        new_context = dict(context, order_id=order.id)
+        for carrier in carrier_ids:
+
             try:
-                if not delivery_id.available:
-                    delivery_ids.remove(delivery_id.id)
-            except ValidationError:
-            # RIM: hack to remove in master, because available field should not depend on a SOAP call to external shipping provider
-            # The validation error is used in backend to display errors in fedex config, but should fail silently in frontend
-                delivery_ids.remove(delivery_id.id)
-        return delivery_ids
+                _logger.debug("Checking availability of carrier #%s" % carrier)
+                available = carrier_obj.read(cr, SUPERUSER_ID, [carrier], fields=['available'], context=new_context)[0]['available']
+                if available:
+                    available_carrier_ids = available_carrier_ids + [carrier]
+            except ValidationError as e:
+                # RIM: hack to remove in master, because available field should not depend on a SOAP call to external shipping provider
+                # The validation error is used in backend to display errors in fedex config, but should fail silently in frontend
+                _logger.debug("Carrier #%s removed from e-commerce carrier list. %s" % (carrier, e))
+
+        return available_carrier_ids
 
     def _get_errors(self, cr, uid, order, context=None):
         errors = super(SaleOrder, self)._get_errors(cr, uid, order, context=context)