diff --git a/addons/website/models/ir_qweb.py b/addons/website/models/ir_qweb.py
index ea0c6e33438..fcfb93b59c0 100644
--- a/addons/website/models/ir_qweb.py
+++ b/addons/website/models/ir_qweb.py
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ class QWeb(orm.AbstractModel):
         if not context.get('rendering_bundle'):
             if name == self.URL_ATTRS.get(element.tag) and qwebcontext.get('url_for'):
                 value = qwebcontext.get('url_for')(value)
-            elif request and request.website and request.website.cdn_activated and (name == self.URL_ATTRS.get(element.tag) or name == self.CDN_TRIGGERS.get(element.tag)):
+            elif request and getattr(request, 'website', None) and request.website.cdn_activated and (name == self.URL_ATTRS.get(element.tag) or name == self.CDN_TRIGGERS.get(element.tag)):
                 value = request.website.get_cdn_url(value)
         return super(QWeb, self).render_attribute(element, name, value, qwebcontext)
 
     def render_text(self, text, element, qwebcontext):
-        compress = request and not request.debug and request.website and request.website.compress_html
+        compress = request and not request.debug and getattr(request, 'website', None) and request.website.compress_html
         if compress and element.tag not in self.PRESERVE_WHITESPACE:
             text = self.re_remove_spaces.sub(' ', text)
         return super(QWeb, self).render_text(text, element, qwebcontext)
 
     def render_tail(self, tail, element, qwebcontext):
-        compress = request and not request.debug and request.website and request.website.compress_html
+        compress = request and not request.debug and getattr(request, 'website', None) and request.website.compress_html
         if compress and element.getparent().tag not in self.PRESERVE_WHITESPACE:
             # No need to recurse because those tags children are not html5 parser friendly
             tail = self.re_remove_spaces.sub(' ', tail.rstrip())