diff --git a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
index e0ced74fa3e..8c00f814403 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class YamlInterpreter(object):
             self.logger.log(logging.ERROR, 'id: %s is to long (max: 64)', id)
 
     def get_id(self, xml_id):
-        if xml_id is False:
+        if xml_id is False or xml_id is None:
             return False
         #if not xml_id:
         #    raise YamlImportException("The xml_id should be a non empty string.")