diff --git a/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule.py b/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule.py
index 4b7ea9d30da..776420eb360 100644
--- a/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule.py
+++ b/addons/base_action_rule/base_action_rule.py
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ the rule to mark CC(mail to any other person defined in actions)."),
     
     def pre_action(self, cr, uid, ids, model, context=None):
         # Searching for action rules
-        cr.execute("SELECT model.model, rule.id  FROM base_action_rule rule LEFT JOIN ir_model model on (model.id = rule.name)")
+        cr.execute("SELECT model.model, rule.id  FROM base_action_rule rule \
+                        LEFT JOIN ir_model model on (model.id = rule.name) \
+                        where active")
         res = cr.fetchall()
         # Check if any rule matching with current object
         for obj_name, rule_id in res: