diff --git a/addons/crm/res_partner.py b/addons/crm/res_partner.py
index 25020fe16b9..c920379a3f7 100644
--- a/addons/crm/res_partner.py
+++ b/addons/crm/res_partner.py
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ class res_partner(osv.osv):
                 }
         except:
             pass
+        return res
+
+    def _phonecall_count(self, cr, uid, ids, field_name, arg, context=None):
+        res = {}
         for partner in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context):
-            res[partner.id]['phonecall_count'] = len(partner.phonecall_ids)
+            res[partner.id] = len(partner.phonecall_ids)
         return res
 
     _columns = {
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ class res_partner(osv.osv):
             'Phonecalls'),
         'opportunity_count': fields.function(_opportunity_meeting_phonecall_count, string="Opportunity", type='integer', multi='opp_meet'),
         'meeting_count': fields.function(_opportunity_meeting_phonecall_count, string="# Meetings", type='integer', multi='opp_meet'),
-        'phonecall_count': fields.function(_opportunity_meeting_phonecall_count, string="Phonecalls", type="integer", multi='opp_meet'),
+        'phonecall_count': fields.function(_phonecall_count, string="Phonecalls", type="integer"),
     }
 
     def redirect_partner_form(self, cr, uid, partner_id, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/crm/res_partner_view.xml b/addons/crm/res_partner_view.xml
index 3b6c4dcaa87..006eb4602ad 100644
--- a/addons/crm/res_partner_view.xml
+++ b/addons/crm/res_partner_view.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,21 @@
                             context="{'partner_id': active_id}">
                             <field string="Meetings" name="meeting_count" widget="statinfo"/>
                         </button>
+                    </xpath>
+                </data>
+            </field>
+        </record>
+
+        <!-- second view due to access rights required to compute phonecall_count -->
+        <record id="view_partners_form_crm_calls" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">view.res.partner.form.crm.inherited.calls</field>
+            <field name="model">res.partner</field>
+            <field name="inherit_id" ref="base.view_partner_form"/>
+            <field name="groups_id" eval="[(4, ref('base.group_sale_manager')), (4, ref('base.group_partner_manager'))]"/>
+            <field eval="18" name="priority"/>
+            <field name="arch" type="xml">
+                <data>
+                    <xpath expr="//div[@name='buttons']" position="inside">
                         <button class="oe_inline oe_stat_button" type="action"
                             name="%(crm.crm_case_categ_phone_incoming0)d" 
                             icon="fa-phone"