diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_company.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_company.py
index 4c5aca9b84b..ec3f3d0e736 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_company.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_company.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class res_company(osv.osv):
 
     def search(self, cr, user, args, offset=0, limit=None, order=None,
             context=None, count=False):
-        if context and context.has_key('prefence_company') and context['prefence_company']:
+        if context and context.has_key('user_prefence') and context['user_prefence']:
             cmp_ids = []
             data_user = self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr, user, [user], context=context)
             map(lambda x: cmp_ids.append(x.id), data_user[0].company_ids)