diff --git a/addons/account/views/account_view.xml b/addons/account/views/account_view.xml
index df32b4b3d69..581b7200058 100644
--- a/addons/account/views/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/views/account_view.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
                              <field name="tag_ids" widget="many2many_tags" domain="[('applicability', '!=', 'taxes')]" context="{'default_applicability': 'accounts'}"/>
                              <field name="company_id" options="{'no_create': True}" groups="base.group_multi_company"/>
                              <field name="currency_id" options="{'no_create': True}" groups="base.group_multi_currency"/>
-                             <field name="internal_type" invisible="1"/>
+                             <field name="internal_type" invisible="1" readonly="1"/>
                              <field name="reconcile"/>
                              <field name="deprecated"/>
                            </group>