diff --git a/addons/website/controllers/main.py b/addons/website/controllers/main.py
index 7ef9dbe38b2..3862d19f0f8 100644
--- a/addons/website/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/website/controllers/main.py
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ class Website(openerp.addons.web.controllers.main.Home):
         else:
             first_menu = main_menu.child_id and main_menu.child_id[0]
             if first_menu:
-                if not (first_menu.url.startswith(('/page/', '/?', '/#')) or (first_menu.url=='/')):
+                if first_menu.url and (not (first_menu.url.startswith(('/page/', '/?', '/#')) or (first_menu.url == '/'))):
                     return request.redirect(first_menu.url)
-                if first_menu.url.startswith('/page/'):
+                if first_menu.url and first_menu.url.startswith('/page/'):
                     return request.registry['ir.http'].reroute(first_menu.url)
         return self.page(page)