diff --git a/addons/account/models/partner.py b/addons/account/models/partner.py
index 3d1e3811eee..428ada05f43 100644
--- a/addons/account/models/partner.py
+++ b/addons/account/models/partner.py
@@ -298,10 +298,16 @@ class ResPartner(models.Model):
             partner.total_invoiced = sum(price['total'] for price in price_totals if price['partner_id'] in child_ids)
 
     @api.multi
-    def _journal_item_count(self):
+    def _compute_journal_item_count(self):
+        AccountMoveLine = self.env['account.move.line']
         for partner in self:
-            partner.journal_item_count = self.env['account.move.line'].search_count([('partner_id', '=', partner.id)])
-            partner.contracts_count = self.env['account.analytic.account'].search_count([('partner_id', '=', partner.id)])
+            partner.journal_item_count = AccountMoveLine.search_count([('partner_id', '=', partner.id)])
+
+    @api.multi
+    def _compute_contracts_count(self):
+        AccountAnalyticAccount = self.env['account.analytic.account']
+        for partner in self:
+            partner.contracts_count = AccountAnalyticAccount.search_count([('partner_id', '=', partner.id)])
 
     def get_followup_lines_domain(self, date, overdue_only=False, only_unblocked=False):
         domain = [('reconciled', '=', False), ('account_id.deprecated', '=', False), ('account_id.internal_type', '=', 'receivable'), '|', ('debit', '!=', 0), ('credit', '!=', 0), ('company_id', '=', self.env.user.company_id.id)]
@@ -383,9 +389,8 @@ class ResPartner(models.Model):
         groups='account.group_account_invoice')
     currency_id = fields.Many2one('res.currency', compute='_get_company_currency', readonly=True,
         string="Currency", help='Utility field to express amount currency')
-
-    contracts_count = fields.Integer(compute='_journal_item_count', string="Contracts", type='integer')
-    journal_item_count = fields.Integer(compute='_journal_item_count', string="Journal Items", type="integer")
+    contracts_count = fields.Integer(compute='_compute_contracts_count', string="Contracts", type='integer')
+    journal_item_count = fields.Integer(compute='_compute_journal_item_count', string="Journal Items", type="integer")
     issued_total = fields.Monetary(compute='_compute_issued_total', string="Journal Items")
     property_account_payable_id = fields.Many2one('account.account', company_dependent=True,
         string="Account Payable", oldname="property_account_payable",