diff --git a/openerp/osv/fields.py b/openerp/osv/fields.py
index d2f9789c776..c7771bd0327 100644
--- a/openerp/osv/fields.py
+++ b/openerp/osv/fields.py
@@ -570,8 +570,10 @@ class one2many(_column):
                 else:
                     cr.execute('update '+_table+' set '+self._fields_id+'=null where id=%s', (act[1],))
             elif act[0] == 4:
-                # Must use write() to recompute parent_store structure if needed
-                obj.write(cr, user, [act[1]], {self._fields_id:id}, context=context or {})
+                cr.execute("select 1 from {0} where id=%s and {1}!=%s".format(_table, self._fields_id), (act[1], id))
+                if cr.fetchone():
+                    # Must use write() to recompute parent_store structure if needed and check access rules
+                    obj.write(cr, user, [act[1]], {self._fields_id:id}, context=context or {})
             elif act[0] == 5:
                 reverse_rel = obj._all_columns.get(self._fields_id)
                 assert reverse_rel, 'Trying to unlink the content of a o2m but the pointed model does not have a m2o'