diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index 4a3511662c9..2950ef16217 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ Launch Manually Once: after having been launched manually, it sets automatically
         if name:
             ids = self.search(cr, user, [('action_id', operator, name)] + args, limit=limit)
         else:
-            ids = self.search(cr, user, args, context=context, limit=limit)
+            super(ir_actions_todo, self).name_search(cr, user, name, args=args, operator=operator, context=context, limit=limit)
         return self.name_get(cr, user, ids, context=context)
 
     def action_launch(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index bc6b3c10ac1..7b6bd6776dc 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class view_custom(osv.osv):
         if name:
             ids = self.search(cr, user, [('user_id', operator, name)] + args, limit=limit)
         else:
-            ids = self.search(cr, user, args, context=context, limit=limit)
+            super(view_custom, self).name_search(cr, user, name, args=args, operator=operator, context=context, limit=limit)
         return self.name_get(cr, user, ids, context=context)
 
     def _auto_init(self, cr, context=None):
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/workflow/workflow.py b/openerp/addons/base/workflow/workflow.py
index 821b1bb6bc9..7404f0f1157 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/workflow/workflow.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/workflow/workflow.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class wkf_transition(osv.osv):
         if name:
             ids = self.search(cr, user, ['|',('act_from', operator, name),('act_to', operator, name)] + args, limit=limit)
         else:
-            ids = self.search(cr, user, args, context=context, limit=limit)
+            super(wkf_transition, self).name_search(cr, user, name, args=args, operator=operator, context=context, limit=limit)
         return self.name_get(cr, user, ids, context=context)
 
 wkf_transition()