diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_followers.py b/addons/mail/mail_followers.py
index f54b2bd0317..409ed4a2f6f 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_followers.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_followers.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class mail_notification(osv.Model):
         """ Override of create to check that we can not create a notification
             for a message the user can not read. """
         if self.pool.get('mail.message').check_access_rights(cr, uid, 'read'):
-            return super(self, mail_notification).create(cr, uid, vals, context=context)
+            return super(mail_notification, self).create(cr, uid, vals, context=context)
         else:
             return False
 
diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_message.py b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
index 5430e9b352c..1aa1c34568d 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_message.py
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_message.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class mail_message(osv.Model):
 
     def _get_unread(self, cr, uid, ids, name, arg, context=None):
         """ Compute if the message is unread by the current user. """
-        res = dict.fromkeys(ids, False)
+        res = dict((id, {'unread': False}) for id in ids)
         partner_id = self.pool.get('res.users').browse(cr, uid, uid, context=context).partner_id.id
         notif_obj = self.pool.get('mail.notification')
         notif_ids = notif_obj.search(cr, uid, [