diff --git a/odoo/addons/test_impex/tests/test_export.py b/odoo/addons/test_impex/tests/test_export.py
index 3c48d0e1da4..61b086a9191 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/test_impex/tests/test_export.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/test_impex/tests/test_export.py
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ class CreatorCase(common.TransactionCase):
         record.invalidate_cache()
         return record._export_rows([f.split('/') for f in fields])
 
+class test_xids(CreatorCase):
+    model_name = 'export.boolean'
+
+    def test_no_module(self):
+        record = self.make(True)
+        # add existing xid without module
+        self.env['ir.model.data'].create({
+            'module': '',
+            'name': 'x',
+            'model': self.model_name,
+            'res_id': record.id,
+        })
+        record.invalidate_cache()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            record._export_rows([['id'], ['value']]),
+            [[u'x', u'True']]
+        )
 
 class test_boolean_field(CreatorCase):
     model_name = 'export.boolean'
diff --git a/odoo/models.py b/odoo/models.py
index fd0aa54b60f..fcf89f84af7 100644
--- a/odoo/models.py
+++ b/odoo/models.py
@@ -647,12 +647,15 @@ class BaseModel(MetaModel('DummyModel', (object,), {'_register': False})):
             res_id: (module, name)
             for res_id, module, name in cr.fetchall()
         }
+        def to_xid(record_id):
+            (module, name) = xids[record_id]
+            return ('%s.%s' % (module, name)) if module else name
 
         # create missing xml ids
         missing = self.filtered(lambda r: r.id not in xids)
         if not missing:
             return (
-                (record, '%s.%s' % xids[record.id])
+                (record, to_xid(record.id))
                 for record in self
             )
 
@@ -681,7 +684,7 @@ class BaseModel(MetaModel('DummyModel', (object,), {'_register': False})):
         self.env['ir.model.data'].invalidate_cache(fnames=fields)
 
         return (
-            (record, '%s.%s' % xids[record.id])
+            (record, to_xid(record.id))
             for record in self
         )