diff --git a/addons/web/controllers/export.py b/addons/web/controllers/export.py
index 5fdfbc25353..e944e898593 100644
--- a/addons/web/controllers/export.py
+++ b/addons/web/controllers/export.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class ExportFormat(object):
         model, fields, ids, domain, import_compat = \
             operator.itemgetter('model', 'fields', 'ids', 'domain', 'import_compat')(params)
 
-        Model = request.env[model].with_context(**params.get('context', {}))
+        Model = request.env[model].with_context(import_compat=import_compat, **params.get('context', {}))
         if not Model._is_an_ordinary_table():
             fields = [field for field in fields if field['name'] != 'id']
 
@@ -493,7 +493,6 @@ class ExportFormat(object):
 
             response_data = self.from_group_data(fields, tree)
         else:
-            Model = Model.with_context(import_compat=import_compat)
             records = Model.browse(ids) if ids else Model.search(domain, offset=0, limit=False, order=False)
 
             export_data = records.export_data(field_names).get('datas', [])