diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py b/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
index f60d7a3ee1c..36087a57325 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/report/holidays_summary_report.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class report_custom(report_rml):
         res=cr.fetchone()[0]
         date_xml=[]
         date_today=time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-        date_xml +=['<res name="%s" today="%s" />' % (res,date_today)]
+        date_xml +=['<res name="%s" today="%s" />' % (to_xml(res),date_today)]
 
         cr.execute("SELECT id, name, color_name FROM hr_holidays_status ORDER BY id")
         legend=cr.fetchall()
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class report_custom(report_rml):
 #        date_xml=[]
         for l in range(0,len(legend)):
             date_xml += ['<legend row="%d" id="%d" name="%s" color="%s" />' % (l+1,legend[l][0],_(legend[l][1]),legend[l][2])]
-        date_xml += ['<date month="%s" year="%d" />' % (som.strftime('%B'), som.year),'<days>']
+        date_xml += ['<date month="%s" year="%d" />' % (ustr(som.strftime('%B')), som.year),'<days>']
 
         cell=1
         if day_diff.days>=30:
diff --git a/addons/hr_timesheet/report/users_timesheet.py b/addons/hr_timesheet/report/users_timesheet.py
index 4827994f2cd..864ac103162 100644
--- a/addons/hr_timesheet/report/users_timesheet.py
+++ b/addons/hr_timesheet/report/users_timesheet.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class report_custom(report_rml):
         <date>%s</date>
         <company>%s</company>
         </header>
-        '''  % (str(rml_obj.formatLang(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),date=True))+' ' + str(time.strftime("%H:%M")),pooler.get_pool(cr.dbname).get('res.users').browse(cr,uid,uid).company_id.name)
+        '''  % (str(rml_obj.formatLang(time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),date=True))+' ' + str(time.strftime("%H:%M")),toxml(pooler.get_pool(cr.dbname).get('res.users').browse(cr,uid,uid).company_id.name))
 
         xml='''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
         <report>