diff --git a/addons/crm/crm.py b/addons/crm/crm.py
index d91062b5816..a3cc084d362 100644
--- a/addons/crm/crm.py
+++ b/addons/crm/crm.py
@@ -745,6 +745,8 @@ class users(osv.osv):
     def write(self, cr, uid, ids, vals, context=None):
         res = super(users, self).write(cr, uid, ids, vals, context=context)
         section_obj=self.pool.get('crm.case.section')
+        if isinstance(ids, (str, int, long)):
+            ids = [ids]
         for user in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context):
             if user.context_section_id:
                section_obj.write(cr, uid, [user.context_section_id.id], {'member_ids':[(4, user.id)]},context)