diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
index abcd5393fbf..edf8a232401 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_allocation_views.xml
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@
                 <button string="Approve" name="action_approve" states="confirm" type="object" class="oe_highlight"
                     attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', '!=', 'confirm')]}"/>
                 <button string="Validate" name="action_validate" states="validate1" type="object" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                <button string="Refuse" name="action_refuse" states="confirm,validate,validate1" type="object"
-                    attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ('confirm','validate1'))]}"/>
+                <button string="Refuse" name="action_refuse" type="object"
+                    attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ('confirm','validate1','validate'))]}"/>
                 <button string="Mark as Draft" name="action_draft" type="object"
                         attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_reset', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ['confirm', 'refuse'])]}"/>
             </xpath>
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
index 721053a2d5f..20e9675bc2d 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/views/hr_leave_views.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
                 <button string="Confirm" name="action_confirm" states="draft" type="object" class="oe_highlight"/>
                 <button string="Approve" name="action_approve" type="object" class="oe_highlight" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', '!=', 'confirm')]}"/>
                 <button string="Validate" name="action_validate" states="validate1" type="object" groups="hr_holidays.group_hr_holidays_manager" class="oe_highlight"/>
-                <button string="Refuse" name="action_refuse"  type="object" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ('confirm','validate1'))]}"/>
+                <button string="Refuse" name="action_refuse" type="object" attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_approve', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ('confirm','validate1','validate'))]}"/>
                 <button string="Mark as Draft" name="action_draft" type="object"
                         attrs="{'invisible': ['|', ('can_reset', '=', False), ('state', 'not in', ['confirm', 'refuse'])]}"/>
                 <field name="state" widget="statusbar" statusbar_visible="confirm,validate"/>