diff --git a/ir_report.py b/ir_report.py
index aedfb01cf..c4bd85958 100644
--- a/ir_report.py
+++ b/ir_report.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class report_xml(osv.osv):
         empty; in that case, read the template file. '''
 
         return {
-                br.id: (br.py3o_template_data if br.py3o_template_data
-                        else b64encode(file(addons.get_module_resource(
+                br.id: (br.py3o_template_data or
+                        b64encode(file(addons.get_module_resource(
                             *br.report_file.split('/')), 'rb').read()))
                 for br in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context)
                 if br.report_type == 'py3o'
diff --git a/ir_report.xml b/ir_report.xml
index fad7ceab2..5810a7453 100644
--- a/ir_report.xml
+++ b/ir_report.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
                         attrs="{'invisible': [('report_type', '!=', 'py3o')]}">
 
                         <field name="py3o_filename" invisible="1" />
-                        <field name="py3o_template" filename="py3o_filename" />
+                        <field name="py3o_template" filename="py3o_filename"
+                            attrs="{'invisible': [('py3o_template_data', '!=', False)]}" />
                         <field name="py3o_template_data" filename="py3o_filename" />
 
                     </page>