diff --git a/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement.py b/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement.py
index 6eeda843dc5..3ef930b3ddc 100644
--- a/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement.py
+++ b/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ account_bank_statement_line_global()
 class account_bank_statement_line(osv.osv):
     _inherit = 'account.bank.statement.line'
     _columns = {
-        'date': fields.date('Entry Date', required=True, states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]}),
         'val_date': fields.date('Valuta Date', states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]}),
         'globalisation_id': fields.many2one('account.bank.statement.line.global', 'Globalisation ID',
             states={'confirm': [('readonly', True)]},
diff --git a/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement_view.xml b/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement_view.xml
index 9164c00373f..43ebfc03382 100644
--- a/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account_bank_statement_extensions/account_bank_statement_view.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
             <field name="globalisation_id"/>
             <field name="state" invisible="1"/>
           </xpath>
+          <xpath expr="//page[@name='statement_line_ids']/field[@name='line_ids']/tree/field[@name='date']" position="replace">
+            <field name="date" string="'Entry Date'" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','=','draft')]}" />
+          </xpath>
         </data>
       </field>
     </record>