diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
index ddeae3d7a1e..25c25f3d46c 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_actions.py
@@ -1088,6 +1088,19 @@ Launch Manually Once: after having been launched manually, it sets automatically
     }
     _order="sequence,id"
 
+    @openerp.api.multi
+    def unlink(self):
+        if self:
+            try:
+                todo_open_menu = self.env.ref('base.open_menu')
+                # don't remove base.open_menu todo but set its original action
+                if todo_open_menu in self:
+                    todo_open_menu.action_id = self.env.ref('base.action_client_base_menu').id
+                    self -= todo_open_menu
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return super(ir_actions_todo, self).unlink()
+
     def name_get(self, cr, uid, ids, context=None):
         return [(rec.id, rec.action_id.name) for rec in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context)]