diff --git a/addons/account/account.py b/addons/account/account.py
index f6dd36c01fc..b3b6016fc74 100644
--- a/addons/account/account.py
+++ b/addons/account/account.py
@@ -340,9 +340,11 @@ class account_account(osv.osv):
         accounts = self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context)
         for account in accounts:
             level = 0
-            if account.parent_id:
-                obj = self.browse(cr, uid, account.parent_id.id)
-                level = obj.level + 1
+            parent_id =  account.parent_id
+            while parent_id:
+                obj = self.browse(cr, uid, parent_id.id)
+                level += 1
+                parent_id =  obj.parent_id
             res[account.id] = level
         return res
 
@@ -390,7 +392,10 @@ class account_account(osv.osv):
             'manage this. So if you import from another software system you may have to use the rate at date. ' \
             'Incoming transactions always use the rate at date.', \
             required=True),
-        'level': fields.function(_get_level, string='Level', method=True, store=True, type='integer'),
+        'level': fields.function(_get_level, string='Level', method=True, type='integer',
+             store={
+                    'account.account': (lambda self, cr, uid, ids, c={}: ids, ['parent_id'], 10),
+                   }),
     }
 
     _defaults = {