diff --git a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
index 1b2903ca7a6..5ed057536a8 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_cash_statement.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class account_cash_statement(osv.osv):
                 'starting_details_ids':False
             })
         res_id = super(account_cash_statement, self).create(cr, uid, vals, context=context)
-        self.write(cr, uid, [res_id], {})
+        #self.write(cr, uid, [res_id], {})
         return res_id
 
     def write(self, cr, uid, ids, vals, context=None):
diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 4ae31b9b7f6..e35b9498b3f 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -2433,7 +2433,7 @@
                         </group>
                         <group col="2" colspan="2">
                             <separator string="Opening Balance" colspan="4"/>
-                            <field name="balance_start" readonly="1" string="Opening Balance"/>
+                            <field name="balance_start" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','in',('open','confirm'))]}" string="Opening Balance"/>
                             <field name="total_entry_encoding"/>
                         </group>
                         <group col="2" colspan="2">