diff --git a/addons/account/account_invoice.py b/addons/account/account_invoice.py
index 17135ed1f76..b4705245268 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_invoice.py
+++ b/addons/account/account_invoice.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ class account_invoice(osv.osv):
                 for m in invoice.move_id.line_id:
                     if m.account_id.type in ('receivable','payable'):
                         result[invoice.id] += m.amount_residual_currency
+            #prevent the residual amount on the invoice to be less than 0
+            result[invoice.id] = max(result[invoice.id], 0.0)            
         return result
 
     # Give Journal Items related to the payment reconciled to this invoice