diff --git a/addons/account/report/general_ledger.py b/addons/account/report/general_ledger.py
index 5512d369c50..25459d83524 100644
--- a/addons/account/report/general_ledger.py
+++ b/addons/account/report/general_ledger.py
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ class general_ledger(rml_parse.rml_parse, common_report_header):
 
     def set_context(self, objects, data, ids, report_type=None):
         new_ids = ids
+        self.sortby = data['form']['sortby']
         self.query = data['form']['query_line']
         if (data['model'] == 'ir.ui.menu'):
             new_ids = [data['form']['chart_account_id']]
-        self.sortby = data['form']['sortby']
-        objects = self.pool.get('account.account').browse(self.cr, self.uid, new_ids)
+            objects = self.pool.get('account.account').browse(self.cr, self.uid, new_ids)
         super(general_ledger, self).set_context(objects, data, new_ids, report_type=report_type)
 
     def __init__(self, cr, uid, name, context=None):
@@ -232,4 +232,4 @@ class general_ledger(rml_parse.rml_parse, common_report_header):
 report_sxw.report_sxw('report.account.general.ledger', 'account.account', 'addons/account/report/general_ledger.rml', parser=general_ledger, header='internal')
 report_sxw.report_sxw('report.account.general.ledger_landscape', 'account.account', 'addons/account/report/general_ledger_landscape.rml', parser=general_ledger, header='internal')
 
-# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
+# vim:expandtab:smartindent:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4:shiftwidth=4:
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