diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index 88e3ae7843c..1f5193d80e3 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@
                     <group>
                         <group class="oe_subtotal_footer oe_right">
                             <label for="balance_start" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_open_balance" string="Opening Balance" style="padding-right: 23px !important; padding-top: 6px !important;"/>
-                            <field name="balance_start" attrs="{'readonly' : [('cash_control', '=', True)]}" nolabel="1" widget="monetary" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_open_balance" options="{'currency_field': 'currency'}" help="Total of opening cash control lines"/>
+                            <field name="balance_start" attrs="{'readonly' : ['|', ('cash_control', '=', True), ('state', '=', 'confirm')]}" nolabel="1" widget="monetary" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_open_balance" options="{'currency_field': 'currency'}" help="Total of opening cash control lines"/>
                             <label for="total_entry_encoding" string="+ Transactions" class="oe_force_bold oe_mini_subtotal_footer_separator" style="padding-right: 20px !important;"/>
                             <field name="total_entry_encoding" nolabel="1" class="oe_bold oe_account_total" widget="monetary" options="{'currency_field': 'currency'}"/>
                             <label for="balance_end" string="= Theoretical Closing Balance" class="oe_force_bold oe_mini_subtotal_footer_separator" style="padding-right: 20px !important;" help="Sum of opening balance and transactions."/>
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@
                         <div>
                             <group class="oe_subtotal_footer oe_right" attrs="{'invisible': [('state', '=', 'draft')]}">
                                 <label for="balance_end_real" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_real_closing_balance" string="Real Closing Balance" style="padding-right: 23px !important; padding-top: 6px !important;"/>
-                                <field name="balance_end_real" attrs="{'readonly' : [('cash_control', '=', True)]}" nolabel="1" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_real_closing_balance" widget="monetary" options="{'currency_field': 'currency'}" help="Total of closing cash control lines."/>
+                                <field name="balance_end_real" attrs="{'readonly' : ['|', ('cash_control', '=', True), ('state', '=', 'confirm')]}" nolabel="1" class="oe_subtotal_footer_separator oe_real_closing_balance" widget="monetary" options="{'currency_field': 'currency'}" help="Total of closing cash control lines."/>
 
                             </group>
                             <group/>