diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index 054ecf9d045..7bbc9554b46 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -171,8 +171,11 @@ class view(osv.osv):
                 if context and key in context:
                     imd = context[key]
                     if self._model._name == imd['model'] and (not view.xml_id or view.xml_id == imd['xml_id']):
-                        # we store the relative path to the resource instead of the absolute path
-                        data['arch_fs'] = '/'.join(get_resource_from_path(imd['xml_file'])[0:2])
+                        # we store the relative path to the resource instead of the absolute path, if found
+                        # (it will be missing e.g. when importing data-only modules using base_import_module)
+                        path_info = get_resource_from_path(imd['xml_file'])
+                        if path_info:
+                            data['arch_fs'] = '/'.join(path_info)[0:2]
                 self.write(cr, uid, ids, data, context=context)
 
         return True