diff --git a/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py b/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
index 643e5d519c9..6afd783323c 100644
--- a/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
+++ b/addons/hr_attendance/hr_attendance.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
         if context is None:
             context = {}
         result = {}
+        if not ids:
+            return result
         for id in ids:
             result[id] = 'absent'
         cr.execute('SELECT hr_attendance.action, hr_attendance.employee_id \
@@ -156,4 +158,4 @@ class hr_employee(osv.osv):
 
 hr_employee()
 
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