diff --git a/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php b/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
index 51334eaae21..e3d0c8dd2eb 100644
--- a/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
+++ b/htdocs/install/upgrade2.php
@@ -4217,10 +4217,17 @@ function migrate_delete_old_dir($db, $langs, $conf)
  */
 function migrate_reload_modules($db, $langs, $conf, $listofmodule = array(), $force = 0)
 {
+	global $user;
+
 	if (count($listofmodule) == 0) {
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (!is_object($user)) {
+		include_once DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/user/class/user.class.php';
+		$user = new User($db);	// To avoid error during migration
+	}
+
 	dolibarr_install_syslog("upgrade2::migrate_reload_modules force=".$force.", listofmodule=".join(',', array_keys($listofmodule)));
 
 	foreach ($listofmodule as $moduletoreload => $reloadmode) {	// reloadmodule can be 'noboxes', 'newboxdefonly', 'forceactivate'
@@ -4534,7 +4541,6 @@ function migrate_user_photospath()
 
 	include_once DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/user/class/user.class.php';
 	$fuser = new User($db);
-
 	if (!is_object($user)) {
 		$user = $fuser; // To avoid error during migration
 	}
@@ -4621,7 +4627,6 @@ function migrate_user_photospath2()
 
 	include_once DOL_DOCUMENT_ROOT.'/user/class/user.class.php';
 	$fuser = new User($db);
-
 	if (!is_object($user)) {
 		$user = $fuser; // To avoid error during migration
 	}