diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index dd62b69f7c7..2b3841ad672 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import time
 
 from functools import partial
 from lxml import etree
+from lxml.html import tostring, fromstring
 
 from openerp import tools
 from openerp.modules import module
@@ -199,10 +200,10 @@ class view(osv.osv):
         model_obj = self.pool.get(model)
         if xpath:
             origin = model_obj.read(cr, uid, [res_id], [field], context=context)[0][field]
-            origin_tree = etree.fromstring(origin.encode('utf-8'))
+            origin_tree = fromstring(origin.encode('utf-8'))
             zone = origin_tree.xpath(xpath)[0]
-            zone.getparent().replace(zone, etree.fromstring(value))
-            value = etree.tostring(origin_tree, encoding='utf-8')
+            zone.getparent().replace(zone, fromstring(value))
+            value = tostring(origin_tree, encoding='utf-8')
 
         model_obj.write(cr, uid, res_id, {field: value}, context=context)