diff --git a/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py b/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
index 7f7cf1475c8..09eda1fca79 100644
--- a/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
+++ b/bin/addons/base/res/res_currency.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class res_currency(osv.osv):
 		return round(amount / currency.rounding) * currency.rounding
 
 	def is_zero(self, cr, uid, currency, amount):
-		return self.round(cr, uid, currency, amount) < currency.rounding
+		return abs(self.round(cr, uid, currency, amount)) < currency.rounding
 
 	def compute(self, cr, uid, from_currency_id, to_currency_id, from_amount, round=True, context={}):
 		if not from_currency_id: