diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index 3f247b9831a..77bc161da65 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -1765,6 +1765,12 @@ class orm(orm_template):
 
                 if isinstance(f, fields.one2many):
                     cr.execute("SELECT relname FROM pg_class WHERE relkind='r' AND relname=%s", (f._obj,))
+                    
+                    if self.pool.get(f._obj):
+                        if f._fields_id not in self.pool.get(f._obj)._columns.keys():
+                            if not self.pool.get(f._obj)._inherits or (f._fields_id not in self.pool.get(f._obj)._inherit_fields.keys()):
+                                raise except_orm('Programming Error', ("There is no reference field '%s' found for '%s'") % (f._fields_id,f._obj,))
+                    
                     if cr.fetchone():
                         cr.execute("SELECT count(1) as c FROM pg_class c,pg_attribute a WHERE c.relname=%s AND a.attname=%s AND c.oid=a.attrelid", (f._obj, f._fields_id))
                         res = cr.fetchone()[0]