diff --git a/addons/account/test/account_use_model.yml b/addons/account/test/account_use_model.yml
index 492abc929eb..20487fa86f4 100644
--- a/addons/account/test/account_use_model.yml
+++ b/addons/account/test/account_use_model.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         name: test1
         sequence: 0.0
         quantity: 0.0
-    name: My Model on %(year)s
+    name: My Test Model
 
 -
   I create an account use model record
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@
   !python {model: account.use.model}: |
     self.create_entries(cr, uid, [ref("account_use_model_0")], {"lang": 'en_US', "active_model":
       "account.model", "active_ids": [ref("account_model_mymodelonyears0")], "tz":
-      False, "active_id": ref("account_model_mymodelonyears0"), })
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+      False, "active_id": ref("account_model_mymodelonyears0"), })
+    move_obj = self.pool.get('account.move')
+    ids = move_obj.search(cr, uid, [('ref', '=', 'My Test Model')])
+    assert len(ids), "Error:moves not created for model 'My Test Model'"
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diff --git a/addons/account/wizard/account_use_model.py b/addons/account/wizard/account_use_model.py
index 6cadb4b1c3e..69378324eaa 100644
--- a/addons/account/wizard/account_use_model.py
+++ b/addons/account/wizard/account_use_model.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class account_use_model(osv.osv_memory):
                 raise osv.except_osv(_('No period found !'), _('Unable to find a valid period !'))
             period_id = period_id[0]
             move_id = account_move_obj.create(cr, uid, {
-                'ref': model.ref,
+                'ref': model.name,
                 'period_id': period_id,
                 'journal_id': model.journal_id.id,
             })