diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
index 2565d471cd3..64b31edb102 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class res_currency(osv.osv):
                 return (from_amount * rate)
 
     def name_search(self, cr, uid, name, args=[], operator='ilike', context={}, limit=100):
-        args2 = args[:]
+        args = args[:]
         if name:
             args += [('name', operator, name)]
         ids = self.search(cr, uid, args, limit=limit)