diff --git a/openerp/models.py b/openerp/models.py
index 28eefcf0bc1..94a2fea3914 100644
--- a/openerp/models.py
+++ b/openerp/models.py
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ class BaseModel(object):
             context = {}
         cr.execute("""
             UPDATE ir_model
-               SET name=%s, info=%s, state='base', transient=%s
+               SET transient=%s
              WHERE model=%s
          RETURNING id
-        """, [self._description, self.__doc__, self._transient, self._name])
+        """, [self._transient, self._name])
         if not cr.rowcount:
             cr.execute('SELECT nextval(%s)', ('ir_model_id_seq',))
             model_id = cr.fetchone()[0]