diff --git a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
index 2e135dfc001..7823aca8f18 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
+++ b/bin/addons/base/base_update.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
                         <page string="Current Activity">
                             <field name="company_id" widget="selection" readonly="0"
                                     context="{'user_id': self, 'user_preference': 1}"/>
+                            <field name="view" readonly="0"/>
                             <newline/>
                             <separator colspan="4" string="Preferences"/>
                         </page>
@@ -90,7 +91,6 @@
                             <label colspan="3" string="Please note that you will have to logout and relog if you change your password."/>
                             <field name="context_lang" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
                             <field name="context_tz" completion="1" readonly="0"/>
-                            <field name="view" readonly="0"/>
                             <newline/>
                             <separator string="Signature" colspan="4"/>
                             <field colspan="4" name="signature" readonly="0" nolabel="1"/>
diff --git a/bin/osv/orm.py b/bin/osv/orm.py
index 9798e72ece7..265382407b1 100644
--- a/bin/osv/orm.py
+++ b/bin/osv/orm.py
@@ -2616,6 +2616,7 @@ class orm(orm_template):
             fld_def = ((f in self._columns) and self._columns[f]) \
                     or ((f in self._inherit_fields) and self._inherit_fields[f][2]) \
                     or False
+
             if isinstance(fld_def, fields.property):
                 property_obj = self.pool.get('ir.property')
                 prop_value = property_obj.get(cr, uid, f, self._name, context=context)
@@ -2625,7 +2626,8 @@ class orm(orm_template):
                     else:
                         value[f] = prop_value
                 else:
-                    value[f] = False
+                    if f not in value:
+                        value[f] = False
 
         # get the default values set by the user and override the default
         # values defined in the object