diff --git a/openerp/tools/qweb.py b/openerp/tools/qweb.py
index edae665ddfc..7b19666f5e6 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/qweb.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/qweb.py
@@ -280,16 +280,22 @@ class QWebXml(object):
         """ eg: <span t-record="browse_record(res.partner, 1)" t-field="phone">+1 555 555 8069</span>"""
         record = v[t_att["record"]]
 
-        if record._model._columns.get(t_att["field"])._type == 'many2one':
-            inner = cgi.escape(str(getattr(record, t_att["field"]).name_get()[0][1]))
-        else:
-            inner = cgi.escape(str(getattr(record, t_att["field"])))
+        inner = ""
+        try:
+            if record._model._columns.get(t_att["field"])._type == 'many2one':
+                field = getattr(record, t_att["field"])
+                if field:
+                    inner = cgi.escape(str(field.name_get()[0][1]))
+            else:
+                inner = cgi.escape(str(getattr(record, t_att["field"])))
+            if e.tagName != 't':
+                # <t/> are escaped
+                g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-model', record._model._name)
+                g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-id', str(record.id))
+                g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-field', t_att["field"])
+        except AttributeError:
+            _logger.warning("t-field no field %s for model %s", t_att["field"], record._model._name)
 
-        if e.tagName != 't':
-            # <t/> are escaped
-            g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-model', record._model._name)
-            g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-id', str(record.id))
-            g_att += ' %s="%s"' % ('data-oe-field', t_att["field"])
         return self.render_element(e, t_att,  g_att, v, inner)
 
 # leave this, al.