diff --git a/addons/crm/crm.py b/addons/crm/crm.py
index 2d371c3f865..0b6275598d2 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm.py
+++ b/addons/crm/crm.py
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ class crm_case(object):
         if context is None:
             context = {}
         stage_pool = self.pool.get('crm.case.stage')
+        stage_type = context and context.get('stage_type','')
         current_seq = False
         next_stage_id = False
 
         for case in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
-            stage_type = case.type
             next_stage = False
             value = {}
             if case.section_id.id :