diff --git a/addons/mrp/mrp_view.xml b/addons/mrp/mrp_view.xml
index ba509c970c7..562fa29bd26 100644
--- a/addons/mrp/mrp_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mrp/mrp_view.xml
@@ -701,11 +701,6 @@
                                            <field name="prodlot_id" context="{'product_id': product_id}" groups="stock.group_production_lot"/>
                                            <field name="state" invisible="1"/>
                                            <field name="scrapped" invisible="1"/>
-                                           <button
-                                               name="%(stock.move_scrap)d"
-                                               string="Scrap Products" type="action"
-                                               icon="terp-gtk-jump-to-ltr"
-                                               states="done,cancel"/>
                                        </tree>
                                     </field>
                                 </group>
@@ -724,10 +719,6 @@
                                                 string="Partial"
                                                 type="action" states="confirmed,assigned"
                                                 icon="gtk-justify-fill"/>
-                                            <button name="%(stock.move_scrap)d"
-                                                string="Scrap Products" type="action"
-                                                icon="terp-gtk-jump-to-ltr" context="{'scrap': True}"
-                                                states="draft,waiting,confirmed,assigned"/>
                                         </tree>
                                     </field>
                                 </group>
diff --git a/addons/stock/stock.py b/addons/stock/stock.py
index 1e85d2f29e5..20bc6307b15 100644
--- a/addons/stock/stock.py
+++ b/addons/stock/stock.py
@@ -2475,13 +2475,20 @@ class stock_move(osv.osv):
             raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning!'), _('Please provide a positive quantity to scrap.'))
         res = []
         for move in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
+            source_location = move.location_id
+            if move.state == 'done':
+                source_location = move.location_dest_id
+            if source_location.usage != 'internal':
+                #restrict to scrap from a virtual location because it's meaningless and it may introduce errors in stock ('creating' new products from nowhere)
+                raise osv.except_osv(_('Error!'), _('Forbidden operation: it is not allowed to scrap products from a virtual location.'))
             move_qty = move.product_qty
             uos_qty = quantity / move_qty * move.product_uos_qty
             default_val = {
+                'location_id': source_location.id,
                 'product_qty': quantity,
                 'product_uos_qty': uos_qty,
                 'state': move.state,
-                'scrapped' : True,
+                'scrapped': True,
                 'location_dest_id': location_id,
                 'tracking_id': move.tracking_id.id,
                 'prodlot_id': move.prodlot_id.id,