diff --git a/openerp/osv/orm.py b/openerp/osv/orm.py
index 1ee0f69ff52..c94a8a51e26 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/orm.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/orm.py
@@ -4885,14 +4885,14 @@ class BaseModel(object):
         if hasattr(self, 'needaction_get_record_ids'):
             ids = self.needaction_get_record_ids(cr, uid, user_id, limit=8192, context=context)
             if not ids:
-                return (True, 0, [])
+                return [True, 0, []]
             if domain:
                 new_domain = eval(domain, locals_dict={'uid': user_id}) + [('id', 'in', ids)]
             else:
                 new_domain = [('id', 'in', ids)]
-            return (True, self.search(cr, uid, new_domain, limit=limit, order=order, count=True, context=context), ids)
+            return [True, self.search(cr, uid, new_domain, limit=limit, order=order, count=True, context=context), ids]
         else:
-            return (False, 0, [])
+            return [False, 0, []]
             
     # Transience
     def is_transient(self):